Emile Claus

Johan De Smet is Head Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium. His areas of specialisation are European art from the period 1789-1950, with a focus on Belgian art and specifically realism, impressionism, neo- and post-impressionism, symbolism and the abstract modernist avant-garde from the years 1910-1920.

• FOREWORD 6A PICTORIAL STORYTELLER 11SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON THE OEUVRE OF EMILE CLAUSNOTES 178BIOGRAPHY 186BIBLIOGRAPHY & EXHIBITIONS 212INDEX 218COLOPHON 222