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Producer
Léon Louis Auguste Edouard Dardenne (°1865 - †1912)
Theme
family/family life, dwelling/house
Legend
Léon Dardenne observed the headgear worn by both men and women. "There is an extraordinary collection of headdresses here, shaped into rounds, stripes, and wonderful tufts which I have sketched", he wrote (Family archives of the artist, notebook 1, 26-7-1898, p.30). In his work, Dardenne sometimes experienced difficulties to get people, especially women, to model for him. They avoided him the moment he opened his sketchbook. The artistic language of artists of the 19th century was alien to local peoples who did not immediately understand it as they did not have the tools to decode it. They often attributed certain powers to the artistic production of Europeans whether this was writing or portraits.
Inscription
Dardenne Léon Bango Bango
Date of acquisition
1911
Dimensions
30 cm x 24 cm
Technique
graphic arts > mixed technique > pencil - aquarelle
Inventory number
HO.0.1.255
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