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Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Rik Wouters – Nel, the shadow of his images
Buil de Onplezierig thinks about Rik Wouters and Nel Wouters.
Nel Wouters wrote, “La vie de Rik Wouters à travers son oeuvre”
Buil de Onplezierig considers writing “Het Leven van Nel Wouters door haar werk”
Buil de Onplezierig asks, who is more important, Rik or Nel?
Buil de Onplezierig peels Nel off the canvas to see what is under her.
Buil de Onplezierig cuts her out like a figure in a paper collage.
Buil de Onplezierig considers the glue that holds her in Rik’s vision.
Buil de Onplezierig asks, without Nel what would Rik have painted?
Buil de Onplezierig questions, did Nel see the message behind Rik’s images?
Buil de Onplezierig considers; away from the paintings, who was Nel?
Did Nel dream of being well known as an artist in her own right?
Did Nel like delphiniums?
Did Nel make Waterzooi for Rik?
Did Nel prefer Waterzooi made with fish or chicken?
Did Nel keep in touch with Edgard Tytgat after Rik’s death?
Did, and if she did, when did, Nel institute the Rik & Nel Wouters Prize for Cancer Research?
Saskia van Rijn managed the business side of Rembrandt van Rijn’s art,
Did Nel Wouters manage the business side of Rik Wouters’ art?
Did Nel see that women who were trained as artists married other artists and then disappeared?
Did Nel think that women were femmes fatales, femmes fragiles, femmes savants or femmes domestiques (femmes qui font les travaux domestiques)?
In Art, did Nel see her role as a Muse or a Maker?
Buil de Onplezierig makes a preliminary search for information.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT NEL
1) Full name: Hélène Philomène Leonardine Duerinckx.
2) Born 18th October 1886, baptized 20th October 1886, in Schaarbeek, Belgium.
3) Witnesses to her baptism were Leonard De Klerk and Joseph Bouckmans.
4) Hélène is more popularly known as "Nel".
5) First cousin to the painter Adrien Paul Duerinckx.
6) 1904 Nel meets Rik Wouters
7) Married Rik in a civic ceremony in Watermaal-Bosvoorde on Saturday 15 April 1905
8) Nel and Rik moved in with Rik’s parents in Mechelen.
9) 1911/1912. Nel falls ill with tuberculosis and they move to Bosvoorde as the air there is considered healthier for her.
10) Nel is Rik’s principal model, she is painted - Ironing a blue cloth standing in front of the sittingroom fireplace - Lolling across a table sniffing Rik’s birthday roses - Lying on a bed with only brown stockings on - Standing by an open window with the autumn landscape behind her.
11) 31st July 1914 Rik is called to join the Belgian army, sent to the front and taken prisoner near Liege. Escapes. Close to Antwerp his unit is surrounded, Rik crosses the border to The Netherlands where he is sent to an internment camp at Zeist, between Amersfort and Utrecht.
12) September 1914, Nel flees German invasion of Belgium to be close to Rik in Zeist.
13) Rik complains of headaches which are diagnosed as caused by cancer of the jaw. Released on medical grounds, Rik & Nel live in Amsterdam.
14) 1915, Rik paints Nel seated, reading, wearing a black dress.
15) Nel and Rik confirm their civic marriage with a religious marriage service, Amsterdam, May 1916.
16) July 1916, Nel is widowed as Rik dies of his cancer in a clinic on the Prinsengracht.
17) Les Editions Lumiere, Bruxelles, 1944, publishes “La Vie de Rik Wouters a Travers Son Oeuvre” by Nel Wouters
18) Nel remarries – a Monsieur de Carnière – and lives in Brussels.
19) Nel dies in 1971.
20) 11th December 1991, Charcoal drawing by Nel Wouters, “Rik se Soutenant la Tete”, dated 1916, is sold at the auction house S.A. Servarts N.V.
Buil de Onplezierig wonders on the lack of analysis of Nel’s role and the enthusiastic acclaim given Rik.
Buil de Onplezierig considers John Stuart Mill and Marie Popelin.
Nel Wouters wrote, “La vie de Rik Wouters à travers son oeuvre”
Buil de Onplezierig considers writing “Het Leven van Nel Wouters door haar werk”
Buil de Onplezierig asks, who is more important, Rik or Nel?
Buil de Onplezierig peels Nel off the canvas to see what is under her.
Buil de Onplezierig cuts her out like a figure in a paper collage.
Buil de Onplezierig considers the glue that holds her in Rik’s vision.
Buil de Onplezierig asks, without Nel what would Rik have painted?
Buil de Onplezierig questions, did Nel see the message behind Rik’s images?
Buil de Onplezierig considers; away from the paintings, who was Nel?
Did Nel dream of being well known as an artist in her own right?
Did Nel like delphiniums?
Did Nel make Waterzooi for Rik?
Did Nel prefer Waterzooi made with fish or chicken?
Did Nel keep in touch with Edgard Tytgat after Rik’s death?
Did, and if she did, when did, Nel institute the Rik & Nel Wouters Prize for Cancer Research?
Saskia van Rijn managed the business side of Rembrandt van Rijn’s art,
Did Nel Wouters manage the business side of Rik Wouters’ art?
Did Nel see that women who were trained as artists married other artists and then disappeared?
Did Nel think that women were femmes fatales, femmes fragiles, femmes savants or femmes domestiques (femmes qui font les travaux domestiques)?
In Art, did Nel see her role as a Muse or a Maker?
Buil de Onplezierig makes a preliminary search for information.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT NEL
1) Full name: Hélène Philomène Leonardine Duerinckx.
2) Born 18th October 1886, baptized 20th October 1886, in Schaarbeek, Belgium.
3) Witnesses to her baptism were Leonard De Klerk and Joseph Bouckmans.
4) Hélène is more popularly known as "Nel".
5) First cousin to the painter Adrien Paul Duerinckx.
6) 1904 Nel meets Rik Wouters
7) Married Rik in a civic ceremony in Watermaal-Bosvoorde on Saturday 15 April 1905
8) Nel and Rik moved in with Rik’s parents in Mechelen.
9) 1911/1912. Nel falls ill with tuberculosis and they move to Bosvoorde as the air there is considered healthier for her.
10) Nel is Rik’s principal model, she is painted - Ironing a blue cloth standing in front of the sittingroom fireplace - Lolling across a table sniffing Rik’s birthday roses - Lying on a bed with only brown stockings on - Standing by an open window with the autumn landscape behind her.
11) 31st July 1914 Rik is called to join the Belgian army, sent to the front and taken prisoner near Liege. Escapes. Close to Antwerp his unit is surrounded, Rik crosses the border to The Netherlands where he is sent to an internment camp at Zeist, between Amersfort and Utrecht.
12) September 1914, Nel flees German invasion of Belgium to be close to Rik in Zeist.
13) Rik complains of headaches which are diagnosed as caused by cancer of the jaw. Released on medical grounds, Rik & Nel live in Amsterdam.
14) 1915, Rik paints Nel seated, reading, wearing a black dress.
15) Nel and Rik confirm their civic marriage with a religious marriage service, Amsterdam, May 1916.
16) July 1916, Nel is widowed as Rik dies of his cancer in a clinic on the Prinsengracht.
17) Les Editions Lumiere, Bruxelles, 1944, publishes “La Vie de Rik Wouters a Travers Son Oeuvre” by Nel Wouters
18) Nel remarries – a Monsieur de Carnière – and lives in Brussels.
19) Nel dies in 1971.
20) 11th December 1991, Charcoal drawing by Nel Wouters, “Rik se Soutenant la Tete”, dated 1916, is sold at the auction house S.A. Servarts N.V.
Buil de Onplezierig wonders on the lack of analysis of Nel’s role and the enthusiastic acclaim given Rik.
Buil de Onplezierig considers John Stuart Mill and Marie Popelin.
Monday, 23 November 2009
Le Bloggist s'amuse
Walking to the Sydney Pleasure Gardens in Bath, the Bloggist and his friend, Alfred Jarry, amuse themselves with their scatalogical sense of humour at the expense of The Holburne Museum’s refurbishment.
Monday, 16 November 2009
Monday, 19 October 2009
Hello, I am Colette Reyes
Thus the first company would charge, and would engage for awhile, fighting desperately.
The raft had long since stopped and only the waves of the current beat softly against it below.
The road is not swept for the ss my daughter, but for a minister.
Thank you, Colette, for your email - another Readymade sent to the Blogger by an unkown correspondent.
The raft had long since stopped and only the waves of the current beat softly against it below.
The road is not swept for the ss my daughter, but for a minister.
Thank you, Colette, for your email - another Readymade sent to the Blogger by an unkown correspondent.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Buil de Onplezierig
We don’t invent Buil de Onplezierig – we discover him and only invent the notions for describing him.
The yellow baboon, Buil de Onplezierig, speaks only about basic elements of experience. "Don't think but look!" What was will be or beaten and content. Joke; followed by a chthonic water beast. Shows of the life and in love, ready to wear, daily. “It is not natural to think”; Buil de Onplezierig is illogical, Buil de Onplezierig remains silent, Buil de Onplezierig expresses no thoughts. Telling Buil de Onplezierig something he does not understand is pointless, even if you add that he will not be able to understand it. Buil de Onplezierig imagines the world as a ceaseless riot of noise and illusion. Buil de Onplezierig walks alone apart from the other within him.
Buil de Onplezierig has no more reason to exist than the apparent death of his mentor is said to have happened. Everything is equally valuable or equally worthless. Buil de Onplezierig simply puts everything before us, he does not deduce anything. Everything is open and there is nothing to explain. The mind of Buil de Onplezierig half accepts, half rejects nothingness. Buil de Onplezierig knows only his self; he has no notion of anything or any person; the more precisely Buil de Onplezierig is known, the less precisely Buil de Onplezierig can be known. He keeps an outlandish old man docile with alcohol and chains. Buil de Onplezierig sees the universe as all spots and jumps, without unity and without continuity, without coherence, orderliness or any of the other properties of uniformity and constancy. There seem to be no clear boundaries, order or meaning to anything. A large part of Buil de Onplezierig’s life is spent just trying to work out the pattern behind everything.
Buil de Onplezierig is possible greatness. His behaviour is erratic, and our understanding of the probability of his actions is questionable. Our observations of Buil de Onplezierig have an effect on his behaviour. Observe Buil de Onplezierig and he observes us. When we observe Buil de Onplezierig he chooses what we observe. His existence proves the notion that simplicity equals truth is false. Buil de Onplezierig’s life is perfectly conventional, he is married, living in his own home and working. Buil de Onplezierig does not care who you slept with last night, what gender that person was, or if you are married to that person. Buil de Onplezierig believes in the triumphant progress of science which makes profound changes in humanity inevitable and is confident in the radiant splendour of his future. Buil de Onplezierig rebels against the tyranny of the words “harmony” and “good taste”; they are barbed wire, a crown of thorns.
Buil de Onplezierig, "abrupt of emotion", does not care to know how your week is going, what is going on in your life, and how, as your friend, he can serve you. It is said of Buil de Onplezierig that he has no idea of goodness, he is naturally wicked, he is vicious and he does not know virtue. Buil de Onplezierig eats human flesh, leads a debauched life and is always full of violence and intrigues.
Buil de Onplezierig hears the distant bark of the fox, the baying of the wolf, the snarl of the wildcat, the weird call of the owl, followed by the “Ha-ha-ha!”. Buil de Onplezierig, in the guise of the slave Money, stealthily stealing, without a passport, carries a monstrous gourd with holes cut in it representing eyes and mouth. Buil de Onplezierig has no honour to lose. The slave Money is a manic depressive, over exuberant on the highs and over gloomy on the lows. Buil de Onplezierig just sits around doing nothing and accumulating masses of objects. Buil de Onplezierig despises the slave Money and the hypocrisy of his life. Buil de Onplezierig recalls visions of an anarchic world in which instinctual drives were untrammelled by moderation. The question is obvious, who could have done this?
The slave Money, cold and dark, sits on Buil de Onplezierig’s shoulder. The slave Money is a willing slave. He needs no chains. He is fond of his slavery. He is proud of his slavery. The slave Money is impulsive. He counts 28 hills, each constructed of about 1,500 heads. When a thing is right, it is right – in place, time and purpose. Buil de Onplezierig is grossly swollen, an abyss of anarchy and disintegration.
The slave Money glares at Buil de Onplezierig like a wild beast. The slave Money does not use agriculture or laws other than each man to himself. Buil de Onplezierig buys nothing without the slave Money, lethal and infected. The more precisely Buil de Onplezierig is known, the less precisely Buil de Onplezierig can be known. Buil de Onplezierig plied the slave Money with wine and while he slept, pierced his eye with a burning stake. A horrible recollection sickened him, stones were thrown at him so as to kill him. He remembers a time of repression, a reining-in of deviant behaviour, dead livestock and the death of babies and children. Buil de Onplezierig builds a tower.
To the outside world Buil de Onplezierig is a very extraordinary man and inventive genius, a literary scholar and cultural theorist. He is well built, in proportion, and he is most gentle and considerate and of an extremely placid disposition which nothing appears to ruffle. And five shoes now end my thoughts.
The yellow baboon, Buil de Onplezierig, speaks only about basic elements of experience. "Don't think but look!" What was will be or beaten and content. Joke; followed by a chthonic water beast. Shows of the life and in love, ready to wear, daily. “It is not natural to think”; Buil de Onplezierig is illogical, Buil de Onplezierig remains silent, Buil de Onplezierig expresses no thoughts. Telling Buil de Onplezierig something he does not understand is pointless, even if you add that he will not be able to understand it. Buil de Onplezierig imagines the world as a ceaseless riot of noise and illusion. Buil de Onplezierig walks alone apart from the other within him.
Buil de Onplezierig has no more reason to exist than the apparent death of his mentor is said to have happened. Everything is equally valuable or equally worthless. Buil de Onplezierig simply puts everything before us, he does not deduce anything. Everything is open and there is nothing to explain. The mind of Buil de Onplezierig half accepts, half rejects nothingness. Buil de Onplezierig knows only his self; he has no notion of anything or any person; the more precisely Buil de Onplezierig is known, the less precisely Buil de Onplezierig can be known. He keeps an outlandish old man docile with alcohol and chains. Buil de Onplezierig sees the universe as all spots and jumps, without unity and without continuity, without coherence, orderliness or any of the other properties of uniformity and constancy. There seem to be no clear boundaries, order or meaning to anything. A large part of Buil de Onplezierig’s life is spent just trying to work out the pattern behind everything.
Buil de Onplezierig is possible greatness. His behaviour is erratic, and our understanding of the probability of his actions is questionable. Our observations of Buil de Onplezierig have an effect on his behaviour. Observe Buil de Onplezierig and he observes us. When we observe Buil de Onplezierig he chooses what we observe. His existence proves the notion that simplicity equals truth is false. Buil de Onplezierig’s life is perfectly conventional, he is married, living in his own home and working. Buil de Onplezierig does not care who you slept with last night, what gender that person was, or if you are married to that person. Buil de Onplezierig believes in the triumphant progress of science which makes profound changes in humanity inevitable and is confident in the radiant splendour of his future. Buil de Onplezierig rebels against the tyranny of the words “harmony” and “good taste”; they are barbed wire, a crown of thorns.
Buil de Onplezierig, "abrupt of emotion", does not care to know how your week is going, what is going on in your life, and how, as your friend, he can serve you. It is said of Buil de Onplezierig that he has no idea of goodness, he is naturally wicked, he is vicious and he does not know virtue. Buil de Onplezierig eats human flesh, leads a debauched life and is always full of violence and intrigues.
Buil de Onplezierig hears the distant bark of the fox, the baying of the wolf, the snarl of the wildcat, the weird call of the owl, followed by the “Ha-ha-ha!”. Buil de Onplezierig, in the guise of the slave Money, stealthily stealing, without a passport, carries a monstrous gourd with holes cut in it representing eyes and mouth. Buil de Onplezierig has no honour to lose. The slave Money is a manic depressive, over exuberant on the highs and over gloomy on the lows. Buil de Onplezierig just sits around doing nothing and accumulating masses of objects. Buil de Onplezierig despises the slave Money and the hypocrisy of his life. Buil de Onplezierig recalls visions of an anarchic world in which instinctual drives were untrammelled by moderation. The question is obvious, who could have done this?
The slave Money, cold and dark, sits on Buil de Onplezierig’s shoulder. The slave Money is a willing slave. He needs no chains. He is fond of his slavery. He is proud of his slavery. The slave Money is impulsive. He counts 28 hills, each constructed of about 1,500 heads. When a thing is right, it is right – in place, time and purpose. Buil de Onplezierig is grossly swollen, an abyss of anarchy and disintegration.
The slave Money glares at Buil de Onplezierig like a wild beast. The slave Money does not use agriculture or laws other than each man to himself. Buil de Onplezierig buys nothing without the slave Money, lethal and infected. The more precisely Buil de Onplezierig is known, the less precisely Buil de Onplezierig can be known. Buil de Onplezierig plied the slave Money with wine and while he slept, pierced his eye with a burning stake. A horrible recollection sickened him, stones were thrown at him so as to kill him. He remembers a time of repression, a reining-in of deviant behaviour, dead livestock and the death of babies and children. Buil de Onplezierig builds a tower.
To the outside world Buil de Onplezierig is a very extraordinary man and inventive genius, a literary scholar and cultural theorist. He is well built, in proportion, and he is most gentle and considerate and of an extremely placid disposition which nothing appears to ruffle. And five shoes now end my thoughts.
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