Frans Masereel, Business-Man, from Genius, Zeitschrift für werdende und alte Kunst (Magazine for Emerging and Ancient Art), Year 2, no. 1

Frans Masereel

Belgian · 1889–1972 · Painter, Printmaker

Frans Masereel was a Belgian painter and graphic artist who worked mainly in France. He is known especially for his woodcuts which focused on political and social issues, such… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Frans Masereel, Les Ouvrières (Die Arbeiterinnen), 1920, Oil on canvasLes Ouvrières (Die Arbeiterinnen)Ketterer Kunst · €48,800≈ $60,844≈ £39,427Sign up to see
  2. Frans Masereel, Sur le banc, 1923, Brush and India ink drawingSur le bancKetterer Kunst · €18,750≈ $23,378≈ £15,149Sign up to see
  3. Frans Masereel, Dunes à Equihen, 1932, Öl auf LeinwandDunes à EquihenVan Ham · €18,060≈ $21,791≈ £16,343Sign up to see

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Frans Masereel was a Belgian painter and graphic artist who worked mainly in France. He is known especially for his woodcuts which focused on political and social issues, such as war and capitalism. He completed over 40 wordless novels in his career, and among these, his greatest is generally said to be Passionate Journey.

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Born 1889, BlankenbergeDied 1972, AvignonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q559297 ↗ULAN 500022087 ↗Museum works 2

Also known as F. Mazerel', Fa-lang-shih Mai-sui-lai-le, Frans Masareel, Frans Maserell, Frants Maserel, Mai-sui-lai-le, Masereel, Q559297

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Frans Masereel, Business-Man, from Genius, Zeitschrift für werdende und alte Kunst (Magazine for Emerging and Ancient Art), Year 2, no. 1
Business-Man, from Genius, Zeitschrift für werdende und alte Kunst (Magazine for Emerging and Ancient Art), Year 2, no. 11920
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art
Frans Masereel, Passionate Journey
Passionate Journey1919
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

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