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Sympathisanten van de raaf zijn nog steeds van harte welkom op de boekvoorstelling van RAAF, 23 mei in Antwerpen. Vliegensvlug inschrijven is weliswaar de boodschap: https://t.co/SzqOiL5Wai
‘People laugh but think twice’: Belgian cartoonist takes on plastic pollution
https://t.co/04xs09neln
Pieter De Poortere is putting his best-known character, Dickie, to work to help galvanise opposition to a giant plastics plant in Antwerp @EspenBarthEide
Day 785 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Girl with a Silver Fish” (1889) William Robert Symonds. @ColMuseums English artist Symonds specialised in genre scenes, often sentimental, involving children and animals. He studied in Antwerp and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy from 1876.
2.Fascinating new research findings of"Pentimenti" Studies on Subsurface Anthony van Dyck's important Circa 1629 Antwerp Panel"Portrait of Count Tilly-Johann Tserclaes"Field Marshal-Commander Catholic League's forces 3Years' War1620–31,had unmatched victories-Sack of Magdeburg👨🎨
Kosovo's CS:GO team @badnewseagles makes history.
An amazing adventure from playing in LAN CAFÉS to securing a spot in the PGL Antwerp tournament.
This was incredible news and we're very happy and proud to be supporting such a team.
Good luck and welcome to our little Universe
Village scene with men getting ready to go on a trip.
Christoffel van Den Berghe (Antwerpen 1590-1642 Middelburg).
Private collection. Oil on copper. l. 22.4 cm X H. 14.6 cm
#NowPlaying️
• Jan Bruyndonckx - Rails And Other Tracks (1958 - 1965)
https://t.co/j8ZfI3p4u2
• Charlemagne Palestine - October 24, 1975 - Performance ICC Antwerp Belgium
https://t.co/kN0hdTLfwB
According to this short history of the world from its beginnings, printed in Antwerp in 1533 it was the 15th-c. tech mogul Johann Fust:
'1452: Johannes Faustius first invented the art of book printing in Mainz in Germany.' https://t.co/nHlViPaiEe
Back to matters artististic-more images Rembrandt van Rijn's rare 1634 Amsterdam original Masterpiece"Vase of Flowers & Fruit on a Table" in original Frame rediscovered by our research,was the Prototype for later Versions by Jan Frans van Dael (1764 Antwerp-1840 Paris) in 1800s👨🎨
Today's artist wout a (known) birthday: Joos van Craesbeeck, painter & baker of Antwerp. And smoker! Here, in first and last of these roles, in 1635.
De productie van kanonnen in de zestiende en zeventiende eeuw ☄️
Uit de serie ‘Nova Reperta’ naar Johannes Stradanus (1523-1605),
gravure uitgegeven te Antwerpen door Joannes Galle (1600-1676) 🤩
Collectie @KB_Nederland
An #elephant exhibited in Antwerp in 1563 - in glorious colour, with much spectator interaction. (BM)
#OTD in 1622 Antwerp born Frans Pourbus II died in Paris. Pourbus worked for many of the highly influential people of his day. In this family portrait of Charles, Prince of Arenberg, his wife Anne and their elder children (c1593), Pourbus added a self-portrait in the background.
Born#onthisday1877 Else Berg German born Dutch #painter of Bergense School Studies in Antwerp Berlin & Paris Became part of Antwerp #ModernArt movement Took up #Cubism in Mallorca after staying with Leo Gestel Betrayed to Gestapo & later murdered in Auschwitz
"I'd rather be blown up." On this day in 1831 Dutch captain Van Speijk blew up his ship in the harbour of Antwerp when Belgian rebels tried to capture it. That’s the spirit! #navy @kon_marine
Very cold weather in Antwerp but the skating is good & we've got a fire going on the bank for the non-skaters. By Lucas van Valckenborch, d. OTD 1597.
#Otd 1747: Death in #Dublin of #Thurles, #Tipperary's James Latham. Portrait painter, who Anthony Pasquin dubbed “Ireland’s Van Dyck”!🧑🎨Spent a year in Antwerp & maybe some time in England. Several @NGIreland 🎨self-portrait (left) https://t.co/DLBQ8zTOlV https://t.co/eqppM8KoAD
3/3 Waking up a sleeping friend by poking a burning candle under his nose. LOL joke that just never got old for Nicolas Regnier of Antwerp & Rome, whose day was today.
Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Pieter Boel, of Antwerp & Paris. Painted animals, dead & alive. Here, a truly stunning study of flamingos (alive).