Flemish Fairy Tales
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Flemish Fairy Tales
19.99 €
This collection includes forty-eight tales from Flanders and Brabant, most of which were collected and recorded by the Belgian writer and artist Jean de Beaucher (1878-1953). The tales are organized in two cycles, "Men and Beasts" and "Christmas Tales". All texts are translated by Sergey Yurievich Afonkin. The book is decorated with color and black-and-white illustrations by de Boscher.
Prototypes of some characters of Flemish fairy tales can be found in folklore of different European countries, but most of the characters have characteristic Flemish features. The tales in the collection have a certain elegance, characteristic of the country that gave birth to the famous school of painting, and the freshness of their presentation pays a kind of tribute to the creative imagination of the people of Flanders. Flemish folk tales were collected by various people. Some of the Flemish tales were published at the end of the 19th century in the collection "This is what the Flemish tell", some were included in the academic collection compiled by J. Teikling, and a third was published in the collection of the Flemish folk tales. A third part was collected and literaryized by the Belgian writer Jean de Beaucher; in this book the tales are combined into the cycle "Men and Beasts". Jean de Beaucher was also a talented artist - the edition is adorned with his distinctive illustrations.
De Beaucher was born in what is now the Belgian commune of Ukkel in 1878. In 1893, he began studying at the Ghent School of Horticulture, but when a year later his parents moved to Antwerp, Jean took the opportunity to attend the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, because he was drawn to drawing as a child. Within the walls of the academy de Boscher polished his skills for four years. Later, for another four years he regularly visited Paris, where he was influenced by the Symbolists, both writers and artists. From 1905 to 1914, de Beaucher's art criticism articles appeared regularly in the journals L'Auxidienne and L'Art Flaman e Hollande. Jean de Beaucher also wrote several monographs on Flemish art. In 1909, he published his first collection of poems, Belle Grin, which he illustrated with his own drawings. The style of these illustrations, as well as his later work, was influenced by Art Nouveau art, and especially the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. After the outbreak of World War I, de Beaucher left Belgium. He moved to London, where he met writers such as John Fletcher and Aldous Huxley, as well as Imagist poets including Ezra Pound, Thomas Eliot, and Richard Aldington. De Boscher made acquaintances with several London publishers, for whom he later illustrated many books. Among them were collections of poems by Oscar Wilde and Charles Baudelaire. He also did a series of drawings for erotic classics by Aristophanes, Ovid and Apuleius. De Beaucher illustrated a collection of tales from Flanders, which was published in English in London in 1918.
Prototypes of some characters of Flemish fairy tales can be found in folklore of different European countries, but most of the characters have characteristic Flemish features. The tales in the collection have a certain elegance, characteristic of the country that gave birth to the famous school of painting, and the freshness of their presentation pays a kind of tribute to the creative imagination of the people of Flanders. Flemish folk tales were collected by various people. Some of the Flemish tales were published at the end of the 19th century in the collection "This is what the Flemish tell", some were included in the academic collection compiled by J. Teikling, and a third was published in the collection of the Flemish folk tales. A third part was collected and literaryized by the Belgian writer Jean de Beaucher; in this book the tales are combined into the cycle "Men and Beasts". Jean de Beaucher was also a talented artist - the edition is adorned with his distinctive illustrations.
De Beaucher was born in what is now the Belgian commune of Ukkel in 1878. In 1893, he began studying at the Ghent School of Horticulture, but when a year later his parents moved to Antwerp, Jean took the opportunity to attend the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, because he was drawn to drawing as a child. Within the walls of the academy de Boscher polished his skills for four years. Later, for another four years he regularly visited Paris, where he was influenced by the Symbolists, both writers and artists. From 1905 to 1914, de Beaucher's art criticism articles appeared regularly in the journals L'Auxidienne and L'Art Flaman e Hollande. Jean de Beaucher also wrote several monographs on Flemish art. In 1909, he published his first collection of poems, Belle Grin, which he illustrated with his own drawings. The style of these illustrations, as well as his later work, was influenced by Art Nouveau art, and especially the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. After the outbreak of World War I, de Beaucher left Belgium. He moved to London, where he met writers such as John Fletcher and Aldous Huxley, as well as Imagist poets including Ezra Pound, Thomas Eliot, and Richard Aldington. De Boscher made acquaintances with several London publishers, for whom he later illustrated many books. Among them were collections of poems by Oscar Wilde and Charles Baudelaire. He also did a series of drawings for erotic classics by Aristophanes, Ovid and Apuleius. De Beaucher illustrated a collection of tales from Flanders, which was published in English in London in 1918.
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