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Jan Vercruysse

Jan Vercruysse was a Belgian artist, musician, printmaker and photographer (1948–2018). He was born at Waregem and died at Bruges.

Jan Vercruysse in brief

Born
1948
Died
2018
Known for
artist, musician, printmaker, photographer and sculptor
Place of birth
Waregem
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Recognition and collections

Work by Jan Vercruysse is held by Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) and Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.

Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1983 to 2009.

Eventail (I), dated 1986, held by Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, inventory 1548. selfportrait, L'art de lire, dated 1983, held by Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, inventory 1550. Portret van de kunstenaar door hemzelf (XIII), dated 1984, held by Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, inventory 1553. Labyrinth And Pleasure Garden #23, dated 2009. Schöne Sentimenten, dated 1986, held by M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, inventory S0498_01. Labyrinth & Pleasure Gardens: Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 14, dated 1994–95, portfolio of eight color lithographs and phase box, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1997.199a-h.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.

Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Society for the Museum of Contemporary Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Vercruysse, Jan, Oxford Art Online, 2000. Vercruysse, Jan, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Vercruysse, Roger Florent Léonard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. The Last Flemish Primitive: Jan Vercruysse’s Self-Fashioning of Artisthood and National Identity, Arts, 2022.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (3051455-1). Those registers additionally record the form Exhibition Jan Vercruysse, Salto Prolungato (2001 : Deurle).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Places of work recorded in the authority are Brussels.

Work by Jan Vercruysse is recorded in the collections of Tate, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst and Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee.

Chronology

  1. 1948Jan Vercruysse born at Waregem.
  2. 1983selfportrait, L'art de lire (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst).
  3. 1984Portret van de kunstenaar door hemzelf (XIII) (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst).
  4. 1986Eventail (I) (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst).
  5. 1986Schöne Sentimenten (M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen).
  6. 1994Labyrinth & Pleasure Gardens: Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 14 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  7. 2009Labyrinth And Pleasure Garden #23.
  8. 2018Jan Vercruysse died at Bruges.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Vercruysse, Jan, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Vercruysse, Jan, Oxford Art Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Vercruysse, Roger Florent Léonard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Jan Vercruysse.

    open access index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 3051455-1, Tentoonstelling Jan Vercruysse, Salto Prolungato (2001 : Deurle).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  6. 6.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Jan Vercruysse (1 object).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3439450: Jan Vercruysse

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  8. 8.

    “Jan Vercruysse”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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