Dirk de Vos (art historian)

Dirk de Vos is a Belgian art historian specialising in medieval art. He was the curator of the Groeningemuseum in Bruges.

Education

De Vos attended secondary school in Bruges, graduating in 1961. ^[1]

Work

De Vos's magnum opus is a catalogue of the complete works of Hans Memling, on whom he curated a major exhibition in 1994. ^{[2] [3]} He followed this in 1999 with a catalogue of the complete works of Rogier van der Weyden.

Publications

• Stedelijke musea Brugge: catalogus schilderijen 15de en 16de eeuw. Stad Brugge, 1979. ^[4]
• Groeningemuseum Brugge: de volledige verzameling. Die Keure, 1984.
• Catalogue: Hans Memling. Fonds Mercator Paribas, 1994 ISBN   90-5544-029-9
• (editor), Essays: Hans Memling. Stedelijke Musea, Bruges, 1994 ISBN   90-5544-030-2
• Hans Memling: The Complete Works. Thames & Hudson, 1994. ^[5] ISBN   978-0500-2369-8-7
• Rogier van der Weyden: The Complete Works, translated by Ted Alkins. Harry N. Abrams, 1999. ISBN   081-0963-90-6
• The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces . Mercatorfonds and Princeton University Press, 2003. ^[6] ISBN   978-0691-1166-1-7

References

1. "Eerste schoolreünie na vijftig jaar". Het Nieuwsblad . 11 Oct 2011.
2. Lauran Toorians (1994). "Planken, verf en handelsgeest: 500 jaar Hans Memling". Ons Erfdeel . 37.
3. Lorne Campbell (Apr 1995). "Bruges: Hans Memling". The Burlington Magazine . Vol. 137, no. 1105. pp. 264–265.
4. "Nieuwe Catalogi voor Groeninge en Gruuthuse". Biekorf . No. 80. 1980.
5. Lorne Campbell (Apr 1995). "Hans Memling, The Complete Works by Dirk de Vos". The Burlington Magazine . Vol. 137, no. 1105. pp. 253–254.
6. Dan Ewing (2006). "The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces by Dirk de Vos". Sixteenth Century Journal . 37 (1): 258–259.