Lot 728: WAUTERS, Emile Archive of and documentation about Emile Wauters. [19th - 20

WAUTERS, Emile Archive of and documentation about Emile Wauters. [19th - 20th C.] Two boxes (most items in good condition). Documentation of the utmost importance concerning the Belgian painter Emile Wauters (Brussels 1846-1933 Paris), pupil of Portaels and Gérôme, who was active in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Egypt, Morocco, Spain and France. He made a career as a history painter and secured the Grand Medal of the Salon de Paris with his "(The madness of) Hugo van der Goes". In 1880-1881 he made a famous panorama, more than 110m long, entitled "Cairo and the banks of the Nile". He was equally eminent as a portraitist. His portraits, numbering over two hundred, include many of the greatest names in Belgium, France and America (Baron and Baroness Goffinet, Princess Clementine of Belgium, Princess de Ligne, etc.). Awarded different medals of honour. Honorary member of the Vienna, Berlin and Munich academies. This collection of documents gives a good impression of the artist and his personality and contains among other things: a few dozen sketches (mainly people and buildings) and a few watercolours, correspondence (Ministère de Sciences et des Arts, Chambre des Représentants, City of Brussels, Direzione delle R(R). Gallerie e Museo nazionale in Firenze, Luigi Cavenaghi, Edouard Empain, A. Greger, Charles and Henri Wauters, F. Lugt, F. Friedlaender, C. Bechstein, C. Renard, lawyers De Rijckman and De Mot,...), numerous newspaper articles relating to the artist and his exhibitions, communication and documentation concerning his masterpiece "Cairo and the banks of the Nile", numerous art historical searches and images of some important works from art history, some exhibition catalogues and some lists of works, photographs (exhibitions, family portraits, some photos of the artist himself and some atelier views), research and communication relating to "un carton inconnu de Raphael", articles on Wauters by Frederic Lees and Joseph Anderson, handwritten and typed text of lectures by Wauters for La Société de Photographie (topics: Brabant, Bruges, Walcheren, Dolomites and Stelvio and Lucerne; with 21 photos of castles) and many other documents: poetry work by the artist, printed lyrics, some text posters, a certificate, communication about his awards, school reports for Jules Wauters, collection of post and business cards (different countries), etc. Ref. Piron II:1567. - Dict. peintres belges II:1181.