Variations on paper: Jean Gaspar, Helena van Damme and Suzanne Valadon.
"Variations on paper" is an exhibition that starts with a simple and ancient medium: paper. It offers artists a wide range of uses for expressing their creativity. Through the work of three of them, this exhibition presents three different techniques.
Jean Gaspar (1861-1931) as a sculptor of animal genius, to whom the museum is partly dedicated, worked mainly with pencils in the last years of his life and dedicated them to family members or friends. Some of the more successful drawings are a tribute to his talent for capturing the liveliness and movement of the animal.
His younger brother Charles (1871-1950) was a great art collector. Among the collections bequeathed to the Town of Arlon on his death is the suite of 18 original plates by Suzanne Valadon, engraved from 1895 to 1910, with a preface and an essay on the catalogue of the artist's engraved work by Claude-Roger MARX, printed in 75 copies and signed by the artist. Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) was a French artist who often visited the greats of Montmartre. She was also the first woman to be admitted to the Société Nationale des beaux-arts (1894). A perfectionist, she could work on her paintings for several years before exhibiting them.
Finally, thanks to the donation of her niece in 1956, we discover the very colourful work of Hélène Van Damme. In the exhibition, you can admire extraordinary pastels, executed with delicacy and precision. The daughter of the governor of the province of Luxembourg, who was born in 1833 and died in 1884, showed a talent for pastel painting both in her still lifes and her portraits.
Gaspar Museum, Rue des Martyrs 16 6700 Arlon Gaspar MuseumVariations on paper: Jean Gaspar, Helena van Damme and Suzanne Valadon.
“Variations on paper” is an exhibition that starts with a simple and ancient medium: paper. It offers artists a wide range of uses for expressing their creativity. Through the work of three of them, this exhibition presents three different techniques.
Jean Gaspar (1861-1931) as a sculptor of animal genius, to whom the museum is partly dedicated, worked mainly with pencils in the last years of his life and dedicated them to family members or friends. Some of the more successful drawings are a tribute to his talent for capturing the liveliness and movement of the animal.
His younger brother Charles (1871-1950) was a great art collector. Among the collections bequeathed to the Town of Arlon on his death is the suite of 18 original plates by Suzanne Valadon, engraved from 1895 to 1910, with a preface and an essay on the catalogue of the artist’s engraved work by Claude-Roger MARX, printed in 75 copies and signed by the artist. Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) was a French artist who often visited the greats of Montmartre. She was also the first woman to be admitted to the Société Nationale des beaux-arts (1894). A perfectionist, she could work on her paintings for several years before exhibiting them.
Finally, thanks to the donation of her niece in 1956, we discover the very colourful work of Hélène Van Damme. In the exhibition, you can admire extraordinary pastels, executed with delicacy and precision. The daughter of the governor of the province of Luxembourg, who was born in 1833 and died in 1884, showed a talent for pastel painting both in her still lifes and her portraits.
