Henri de Fromantiou
Subtitle: Royal illusions
By: with contributions by Anna Cecilia Koldeweij [and five others] ; editors, Gerdien Wuestman with the assistance of Ingrid Oud and Lars Hendrikman ; English translation, Pond Translations
Contributors: Bonnefantenmuseum
Publisher: Bonnefantenmuseum
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Maastricht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9789082296525
Subjects: Exhibitions; Still-life painting; Still-life painting, Dutch; Catalogs
Other titles: Royal illusions : Henri de Fromantiou
Description: The exhibition will emphasize Henri de Fromantiou's oeuvre and his heyday as a court painter in Potsdam. He created many still lifes for the palaces of Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg. De Fromantiou's talent allowed him to portray a royal world in prestigious still lifes of game and of luxury products like flowers and fruit. Over the years, his name fell into oblivion and his paintings were wrongly attributed to great masters like Willem van Aelst, Jan Davidsz de Heem and Jan van Huysum.00There is no monograph on the painter Henri de Fromantiou and the literature about him is very limited. The catalogue to accompany the exhibition fills this art-historical gap. It contains articles about Henri de Fromantiou's exceptional life, his oeuvre and his role as an art dealer. It also includes illustrations and information about all his paintings, in a summary of his complete oeuvre. Exhibition: Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands (06.03-28.06.2015).
Notes: Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name, held at the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastrict, 6 March-28 June 2015.

Includes catalog of all known paintings by de Fromantiou.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-121).

In English; translated from Dutch.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Stijn Huijts; title: 'Henricus de Fromantiou, pictor De Sa Serenité Electorale de Brandenburg'  -- Viënna van Rosmalen; title: Henri de Fromantiou's early years: searching the archives  -- Anna Cecilia Koldeweij; title: Dutch art in Berlin: the Great Elector as Maecenas  -- Volker Manuth; title: Henri de Fromantiou, art delaer and advisor  -- Friso Lammertse; title: The 'forgotten' oeuvre of Henri de Fromantiou  -- Monique Rakhorst and Fred Meijer; title: Oeuvre catalogue of Henri de Fromantiou.