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In 1919, the Standaard group was created, mainly consisting of a chain of bookshops (Standaard Boekhandel), a newspaper (De Standaard) and a publishing house, the Standaard Uitgeverij. By the 1930s, the different branches became more and more independent, but only in the 1980s was the group finally disbanded.
Portrait of Hendrik Frans Schaefels, c. 1865. Hendrik Frans Schaefels or Henri François Schaefels, also known as Rik Schaefels (Antwerp, 2 December 1827 – Antwerp, 9 June 1904), was a Belgian Romantic painter, draughtsman and engraver known for his seascapes, cityscapes, genre paintings, landscapes with figures and history paintings.
Standaard Encyclopedie, published between 1969 and 1974 by Standaard Uitgeverij Antwerpen [1] [2] Grote Nederlandse Larousse Encyclopedie, published between 1971 and 1979; Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie, published between 1974 and 1980; Dutch Wikipedia, the Dutch language edition of Wikipedia, established in 2001
miniatuur Lodewijk Mortelmans (5 February 1868, Antwerp – 24 June 1952, Antwerp) was a Belgian composer and conductor of Flemish ancestry. Sometimes called de Vlaamse Brahms ("the Flemish Brahms"), [1] Mortelmans composed in a number of forms, including piano music and orchestral works, but he was most celebrated in his day for his art songs.
Martha Van Coppenolle (13 April 1912 – 22 September 2004) was a Belgian artist and book illustrator. She was cited by the 'Letterenhuis - Museum' (the Antwerp Museum of the Literary Arts) to be one of the most prolific and influential of all Flemish illustrators. [1]
May Néama (Vienna, 1917 – Antwerp, 2007) was an Antwerp artist.She was most known as a painter, illustrator, sculptor and graphic artist.She designed posters, decorations for the interior, illustrations for children’s book, stage sets and costumes, stamps, banknotes, advertising and packaging, playing cards.
Jozef De Vroey (1912–1999) was a Catholic priest and child survivor of the 19 August 1914 Aarschot massacre that occurred in World War I during the rape of Belgium and whose book about this atrocity, Aarschot op Woensdag 19 Augustus 1914 (Aarschot on Wednesday, 19 August 1914) (published in 1964, republished in 2014), has been cited by many historians, including [1] Trinity College, Dublin ...
Hens was born in Antwerp and began his studies there under Jacob Jacobs at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp in 1872. [1] He went to America in 1873, but returned the following year to continue his education at the Academy, where he became friends with Theodoor Verstraete and was influenced by exhibitions of post-impressionist art given by the Cercle Artistique of Antwerp.