Hippolyte Gevaert or Fierens-Gevaert (1870, Brussels - 1926, Liège) was a Belgian art historian, philosopher, art critic, singer, and writer.[1]

Portrait of Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert by Gustave van de Woestijne, 1912

Life

He studied from age 17 at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 1890 and obtained first prize for singing in 1890. That same year he married Jacqueline Marthe Gevaert, daughter of the then famous musician François-Auguste Gevaert (1828-1908). He then joined the Opéra de Lille, but an accident with his voice ended his singing career. He moved to Paris, where he began working as a journalist, writer and art critic and changed his surname to Fierens-Gevaert.[2]

From 1893 he wrote articles for various magazines, including the Journal des Débats. He further published various essays. In 1902 he returned to Belgium to teach at the University of Liège courses in aesthetics, philosophy of art, art history of the Renaissance and the Modern Era and, from 1906, the history of music.[2]

He later became the first curator of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and was also a professor of aesthetics and art history.[3]

Works

References

  1. ^ Moxey, Keith (2018-08-06). The Practice of Persuasion: Paradox and Power in Art History. Cornell University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-5017-2903-4.
  2. ^ a b Monique Daniels, Fierens Gevaert, Hippolyte at Dictionary of Art Historians
  3. ^ Rampley, Matthew; Lenain, Thierry; Locher, Hubert (2012-06-22). Art History and Visual Studies in Europe: Transnational Discourses and National Frameworks. BRILL. p. 276. ISBN 978-90-04-21877-2.
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