Rubens and his Legacy
Contributors: Galansino, Arturo, curator; Pisvin, Katia, curatorial assistant; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain); Palais des beaux-arts (Brussels, Belgium)
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781907533778; 9781907533785
Subjects: European Painting; Flemish Painting; Exhibitions; Flemish influences
Description: Rubens is undoubtedly the most influential Flemish painter. Through reproductions in print, his compositions had an immense impact, even during his lifetime. Himself indebted to Titian, Rubens became a role model to Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Velázquez, and influenced artists well beyond his time, including figures such as Cézanne, Picasso, Bacon and Freud. This stunning new volume explores Rubenss legacy thematically, through a series of sections devoted to Violence, Power, Lust, Compassion, Elegance and Poetry. Illustrating some of the artists most famous paintings alongside great works that bear his influence, each section will link artists across the centuries in their references to Rubens, from Van Dyck and Watteau to Manet, Daumier, Renoir and Van Gogh, as well as Gainsborough, Constable and Turner.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Rubens and His Legacy: From Van Dyck to Cézanne," BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Sept. 25 - Jan. 4, 2015 and Royal Academy of Arts, London, Jan. 24 - April 10, 2015.

Exhibition curators: Nico Van Hout, Arturo Galansino, with Katia Pisvin.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-341) and index.