Jules Schmalzigaug - Jules Schmalzigaug 1882-1917 - 2010

Jules Schmalzigaug (1882-1917) - 2 volumes: monograph and catalogue raisonné
Publisher: Ludion, 2010, first edition, 824 pages, richly illustrated, 32.5 × 24.5 cm, 2 hardcover volumes in a slipcase, Dutch-language, condition is very good, with only damage to the spine of one of the books, see photos. No stamps or annotations.
ISBN: 9789493039469

Belgian artist Jules Schmalzigaug (1882, Antwerp) grows up in a well-to-do milieu in Antwerp’s fin-de-siècle. He travels through Italy and Germany, lives for a time in Paris, and eventually settles in Venice. There he quickly becomes part of a group of young avant-garde artists who challenge nostalgic passéisme. He is the first Belgian to participate in the Italian Futurist movement. After the outbreak of World War I, he continues his work in the Netherlands on his intriguing experiments with light and color. At the age of thirty-four, Schmalzigaug commits suicide, bringing an abrupt end to a promising career.