Verbrugghen, Jo — Ferdinand Willaert : Florence, 1971

Brussels, Belgium, chez mlle Willaert, 1971. Softcover. White wraps with bw illustration, white text. Unnumbered pages. Many bw illustrations. Text in French. "We cannot speak validly of the work of Ferdinand Willaert, nor of that of his friends Franz Courtens or Albert Baertsoen, without placing it in its context and without talking again from then on, if only very briefly, of the painting of his time, torn between academicism and innovative tendencies. Since the eighteenth century, the so-called official painting raged in our regions, and the academies and art schools, erected everywhere, especially in the north of the country, practically monopolized artistic expression.." - introduction by Jo Verbrugghen. Good (some tears to wraps along spine, bottom right corner of wrap creased, all else excellent.) .