World exhibition 1913 (3 Ergebnisse)

6. Gent, 1913, oblong in-4°, 24 x 31 cm, 99 original photographs mounted recto and verso on 24 stiff boards, photo size varies but mainly around 80 x 110 mm , album bound in half cloth. The photographs depict the outside of the exhibition buildings ( 45 pictures) , the reconstruction of an african (senegalese) village ( 6 pictures) ; ''Veille Flandre'' (30 pictures), two snapshots of the royal visit at the exhibition ; 7 views of the city and of the surrounding countryside and 4 pictures of the interior of a flower exhibition ( presentation of the Dutch flower growers of Aalsmeer). The photographs, allthough not made by a professional photographer are technically well made and give a good idea of the exhibition. The Senegalese Village pictures show the still very colonial and patronising view of the Europeans on African society. It only very recently ( in 2013) led to a ''pre - political correctness'' controversy whereby the mayor of Ghent offered apologies for the racist misdemeanour of the former exhibition organisers. ( Bear in mind that surrealism partly originated in Belgium ).The ''Veille Flandre '' part of the exhibition was a recurring theme at belgian world exhibitions. It evokes the [mythical] flamboyant and exuberant flemish life style of mediaeval times. Its architecture rather resembles the actual centre of Bruges.…

0. Bruxelles, Des Presses de la S.A. Belge d'Imprimerie, s.d. (1913), in-8°, 36 pp + ca. 30 full page ills. + 2 folding maps. Sewn, orig. stiff wrapper. Published on the occasion of the Ghendt World Exhibition. Guide to the mock medieval village '' Vieille Flandre - Oud Vlaanderen - Old Flanders ''. Designed by the Flemish architect Valentin Vaerwyck . Text in French. Livre en français. …

Gent, 1913, , printed by Van Dieren, Antwerpen, photo illustrations by F.A. Van Os, Bornhem, oblong in-8° album, 64 nn pp with mostly 2 black/white foto illustrations per page, stapled with the original supple cover. Tipped on to the front cover is a photograph of the clothing merchant house of Nagel & Esders. This copy of the album most probably distributed to the customers of the clothing shop. The captions underneath the pictures are bi-lingual ; Dutch - French.…