Artist: Frans Masereel (1889 - 1972)
Nationality: Belgian
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Media: Illustration, Painting
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Biography:
Belgian artist, Frans Masereel spent most of his career in France. He created a vast collection of illustrations for books and periodicals. He was concerned with social subjects in his works, particularly the tragedies of war.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork or works of art relevant to works by Frans Masereel.

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Frans Masereel, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1931, Printed material
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Frans Masereel Voisins (Neighbors) Woodcut 1951
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Frans Masereel Business-man, plate at p. 159 in the book, Genius ([Munich]: Kurt Wolff, 1920), vol. 2 woodcut 1920
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1920, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1926, Woodcut on wove paper
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Businessman, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1920, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1920, Woodcut on laid paper
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The picture, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1921, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1920, Woodcut on japan paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1924, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1918, Woodcut on japan paper
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My Book of Hours, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1926, Printed material
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Porter, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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My Book of Hours, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1926, Printed material
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1921, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1925, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1923, Woodcut on laid paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1918, Woodcut on slick wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1948, Woodcut on oatmeal paper
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The speaker, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1924, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1926, Woodcut on wove paper
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Untitled, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1921, Woodcut on japan paper
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And Belgium? And Luxembourg?, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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Blasphemous invocations, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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What the war news meant, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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Street picture, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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The modern slave owner, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1921, Woodcut on wove paper
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Capitalism the exploiter and the proletarian, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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The church blesses murder!, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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The three party internationals as nuns, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , circa 1922, Woodcut on wove paper
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Das Tribunal 1, no. 8/9 (1919), Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1919, Printed material and one woodcut on slick wove paper
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Five Tales, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1924, Printed material with twenty-eight woodcuts on wove paper
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Bübü of Montparnasse, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1920, Printed material and twenty-one woodcuts on laid paper
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The wandering Jew, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1921, Printed material and twelve woodcuts on japan paper
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Youth, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1948, Printed material and twenty-two woodcuts on oatmeal paper
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Der Querschnitt durch 1921, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1922, Printed material and one woodcut on wove paper
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The passion of a human being, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1921, Printed material and twenty-five woodcuts on japan paper
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1924, Printed material with thirty-seven woodcuts on laid paper
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The story of Eulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1926, Printed material and one hundred and eighty-one woodcuts on wove paper
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The story of Eulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1926, Printed material and one hundred and tifty-two woodcuts on wove paper
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1925: Ein Almanach für Kunst und Dichtung aus dem Kurt Wolff Verlag, Frans Masereel (Belgium, Blankenberghe, 1889 - 1972) , 1925, Printed material and 1 woodcut on wove paper
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Passionate Journey: A Novel in 165 Woodcuts, Lear Publishers  (Publisher), circa 1948, Printed material
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La Ville, Galerie Billiet  (Publisher), 1928, Printed material and 100 woodcuts on wove paper
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Passionate Journey: A Novel in 165 Woodcuts, Lear Publishers  (Publisher), circa 1948, Printed material
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: attributed to Frans Orizzonte (Frans von Bloemen) Title: A Path in the Woods Date:
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Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Frans Snyders c. 1620 oil on canvas The Frick Collection Flemish
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Frans Hals (born after 1580, died 1666) Copy after Frans Hals (Dutch, 17th century)Oil on
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PORTRAIT D'UN JEUNE HOMME (4e quart 16e siècle) by POURBUS Frans II ; POURBUS Frans le Jeune (dit)
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PORTRAIT D'UN JEUNE HOMME (4e quart 16e siècle) by POURBUS Frans II ; POURBUS Frans le Jeune (dit)
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LA CENE (3e quart 16e siècle ; 3e quart 16e siècle) by POURBUS Frans I ; POURBUS Frans le Vieux (dit)
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HENRI IV (1610) by POURBUS Frans II ; POURBUS Frans le Jeune (dit)
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PORTRAIT D'HOMME (1576) by POURBUS Frans I (attribué) ; POURBUS Frans le Vieux (dit)
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L'archange Michel combattant les démons by FLORIS Frans I (d'après)
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Banquet des officiers du corps des archers de Saint-Adrien de Haarlem (19e siècle) by anonyme ; HALS Frans (inspiré par)
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Etude d'arbre by SNYDERS Frans (genre de)
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LA CENE (1618) by POURBUS Frans II ; POURBUS Frans le Jeune (dit)
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Etude de biche morte by SNYDERS Frans (genre de)
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Portrait d'un prince (17e siècle) by POURBUS Frans le Vieux (?) ; POURBUS Frans le Jeune (?)

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Edinburgh Printmakers: MASEREEL: Ten years of prints made at the Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium
Artists include: Andrew Atkinson, Ivan Durt , Goedele Peeters, June August , Marnix Everaert , Emilia Persu, Martin R. Baeyens, Evelien Gysen, Manuel Ros, Jacquelien Beenen, Lynwood Kreneck , Maristela Salvatori, Kim Berman, Ingri...
Aron Packer Gallery: Lora Fosberg: Really Huge
However, the works still possess her paradoxically personal yet anonymous quality. Fosberg elegantly balances her cartoon-like figures with sexually charged content, which gives her work a sense of humor. Not aggressive but intriguing, the viewer ...
Sasol Art Museum: PRINT EXCHANGE 1998-1999: PORTFOLIO FOR PLAYING CARDS
South African artists, for example Lien Botha, Pieter van der Westhuizen, Robert Siwangaza, Nhlanhla Xaba, Lyn Smuts, Billy Mandindi, Jacob Motsoane, Carol Hofmeyer, Titia Ballot and Sophie Peters, and Flemish printers, for example An Bloc...
LeVall Gallery: Hiroaki Miyayama: Color Etchings
The techique in which all etchings were created was invented by Hiroaki Miyayama. It's completely original and unique. Although there are many paintings which have a gold or silver background and some printing techniques the artist uses a gold ba...

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