"Fritz Van De Kerckhove (1863-1873) Said The Child Of Bruges - Landscape"
Fritz Van de Kerckhove (1863 - 1873) Said the Prodigy Child of BrugesLandscape
oil on panel 16 x 26 cm
signed upper right Fritz VdK '71
Described as a child who couldn't read nor write. He was Hydrocéphalic.
At the age of seven,he started to paint on cigarboxes, small landscapes that witness a remarkable virtuosity in its sketchiness and choice of monochrome brown and bleu colors.
After his death, his father edited two books of Fritz's work, engraved by his sister and father:
Cahier de 25 eaux-fortes d'après Frédéric Van de Kerkhove, gravées par son père et sa soeur, Le journal des Beaux-Arts. 1877
Cent eaux-fortes gravées par J. Van de Kerkhove d'après les tableaux de Frédéric Van de Kerkhove, mort en 1873 à l'âge de 10 ans et 11 mois, P., A. Lévy, 1877
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
Rivista Artiquariato
