Frans ERMENGEM (1893–1985) - Lot 96

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Frans ERMENGEM (1893–1985) - Lot 96
Frans ERMENGEM (1893–1985) *The Two Friends*, very large oil on canvas, dated 1922 and signed in the upper right corner, with some missing sections, approx. 137 x 200 cm. Note: Belgian poet, painter, and art critic François Maret—also known as Frans van Ermengem—moved in prominent intellectual circles; he was the son of bacteriologist Émile van Ermengem and the brother of writer Franz Hellens. His work, at the intersection of literature and the visual arts, is rooted in a deeply symbolist sensibility, where the image serves as an extension of the word. As the author of poetry collections that he illustrated himself, he developed an introspective and evocative world, following in the footsteps of Charles Baudelaire and Charles van Lerberghe. His graphic work, imbued with mystery and suggestion, can also be linked to the explorations of Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff—major figures of European Symbolism—through his penchant for allegory, dreams, and inner reflection. Active as the editor of *La Tribune dramatique* and a translator of art criticism, he contributed to the dissemination of a rigorous aesthetic philosophy, while simultaneously developing a personal body of work in which text and image engage in a close dialogue.
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