François Maret

François Maret
Born 1893
Wetteren, Belgium
Died 1985
Gijón, Spain
Nationality Belgium
Other names Frans van Ermengem
Frans Ermengem
Occupation art critic, painter, poet

François Maret (French: [maʁɛ]), or Frans van Ermengem, or Frans Ermengem (18931985), was a Belgian poet, painter and art critic. He was the son of the bacteriologist Émile van Ermengem and the younger brother of the writer Franz Hellens.

He is remembered as an editor of the Tribune dramatique and as a staunch supporter of General Franco in the Spanish Civil War.[1] He translated Dutch books of art criticism like Urbain van de Voorde's Ferdinand Schirren and Hubert Lampo's Lod De Maeyer. He wrote volumes of poetry which he illustrated himself under an assumed name. He also provided new illustrations for books by Charles Baudelaire and Charles van Lerberghe.

His date of death has been given variously as 1973,[2] 1982,[3] and 1985.[4]

Some works

Notes

  1. Carlos Alvar, Mercè Boixareu, Robin Lefere. La historia de España en la literatura francesa: una fascinación. Volume 73 of Literatura y sociedad. Editorial Castalia, 2002. Page 686.
  2. Robert Frickx, Raymond Trousson, eds. Lettres françaises de Belgique: dictionnaire des œuvres. Volume 2. De Boeck Université, 1988. Page 209.
  3. Robert Frickx, Raymond Trousson, eds. Lettres françaises de Belgique: Le roman. De Boeck Université, 1988. Page 408.
  4. Artnet and other art catalogues.

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