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Softcover. Condition: VG+ Like new. Eugeen Van Mieghem (illustrator). Color illus. wraps; 112 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw and color photos and plates. Text in English; Discusses van Mieghem's paintings depicting the emigration of Europeans from Antwerp; Includes sections on the history of Antwerp, the emgrants' new lives in America, and the life and works of van Mieghem.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Antwerp artist Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930) documents the pulsating life around the port of Antwerp at the turn of the twentieth century. Dockers, sack sewers, passengers, local communities and general labourers are the subjects of his lifelong fascination with Antwerp port. His affinity with his subjects makes his work direct and sincere and is unique in the genre of social realism. The port is one of the great gateways to the city, facilitating the constant movement of goods and people - migrations that are essential for the economy as well as for the evolution of people and society. Ports also are scenes of human tragedy, witnessing the forced emigration of families and communities fleeing persecution and poverty, as immortalised in the paintings and drawings of Eugeen Van Mieghem. Antwerp does have strong associations with Irish artists in the late nineteenth century, many of whom, attracted by the pioneering developments in art practice on the Continent, travelled to Antwerp to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts artists, including Roderic O'Conor, Walter Osborne and Norman Garstin. The result was light-filled fleeting images painted out of doors, en plein air, a radical departure from the official teachings of the established art academies. It is not known if Van Mieghem and any of those Irish artists ever came in contact with each other, but this exhibition shows for the first time Van Mieghem's oeuvre alongside that of his Irish peers, proving yet again how vital are ongoing migrations of culture and people in illuminating and understanding our contemporary society. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Quarto. red cloth, gilt lettering, 271 pp.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. soft cover with strong sewn binding., only negligible evidence of handling to minute areas of exterior. clean, no writing or markings. no bumps, tears or creases.; english text.; 287pp., over 200 color illustrations and figures. nine essays and articles by various contributors. detailed catalogue, and reference material. comprehensive treatment with works in all media. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall First English Language Softcover Edition. Exhibition Catalogue.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. With color illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued); 22.6 x 29.8 cm; 1.2 Kg; 192 pages with various colour images; Used with signs of wear on the exterior, namely edge wear. The spine is slightly faded and as two bumps, on the top and bottom. Interior with signs of wear, namely a previous owner pen written message on title page. Good condition overall.; The Famille Verte exhibition and accompanying catalogue is about a special kind of Chinese porcelain. As the 19th-century French name implies, the decorations are predominantly painted in different shades of bright green enamels, combined with blue, yellow, red, black and sometimes some gold. This type of porcelain was made in the period c. 16801725, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi (16621722), when production in the porcelain kilns in Jingdezhen was at its height. As a new, modern type of ware, famille verte enjoyed widespread appeal and was produced for the domestic Chinese market as well as for export to Europe. Simply put, famille verte wares are extraordinarily fine and beautiful objects. The colourful decorations of flowers, butterflies, mythical animals or Chinese figural scenes are rendered in painstaking detail. In the West, this porcelain with its strange and exotic subjects ranked among the best available and was coveted by the wealthy. It enhanced their status when proudly displayed in their interiors or when used at the dinner table. Nowadays, famille verte can be found in museums, country houses, palaces and private collections all over Europe and the USA. In the Netherlands, too, it constitutes a substantial part of several museum collections of Chinese ceramics, e.g., the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Municipal Museum in The Hague, the Boymans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam, the Groninger Museum in Groningen, and the Princessehof Museum in Leeuwarden. Notwithstanding its high quality, its beauty and its ongoing appeal, famille verte has never been the subject of a monograph or exhibition in the West or in China. This book is therefore an international milestone. It features several essays on specific topics, for example, an explanation of the figural scenes that depict episodes from China's most popular love story The Romance of the Western Chamber. The more than 175 objects were chosen for their wealth of shapes and decorations; at the same time they constitute a concise survey of the rich holdings of famille verte in Dutch public collections. The catalogue was written by Professor Emeritus Christiaan J.A. Jörg (Leiden University), former curator at the Groninger Museum and an internationally renowned author and expert in the field of Chinese export porcelain. He has written more than 85 books, catalogues and articles on Oriental export porcelain and lacquer.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (2008). 4to. 1st edition. LIMITED to 3000 copies. Good, clean textblock. Minor wear to forecorners and spine ends of otherwise bright, clean cloth covered boards. Toning along spine of gently rubbed dust jacket with slight spotting to bottom 1/4 of spine. Slightest bumping and fraying to corners of rubbed and faintly soiled cloth covered slipcase with slight, uneven discoloration along edges of open end. Peeling starting to cloth on slipcase closed end bottom corner. NF/VG in VG slipcasae.