Dirk de Vos is a Belgian art historian specialising in medieval art. He was the curator of the Groeningemuseum in Bruges.

Education edit

De Vos attended secondary school in Bruges, graduating in 1961.[1]

Work edit

De Vos's magnum opus is a catalogue of the complete works of Hans Memling, on whom he curated a major exhibition in 1994.[2][3] He followed this in 1999 with a catalogue of the complete works of Rogier van der Weyden.

Publications edit

  • Stedelijke musea Brugge: catalogus schilderijen 15de en 16de eeuw. Stad Brugge, 1979.[4]
  • Groeningemuseum Brugge: de volledige verzameling. Die Keure, 1984.
  • Catalogue: Hans Memling. Fonds Mercator Paribas, 1994 ISBN 90-5544-029-9
  • (editor), Essays: Hans Memling. Stedelijke Musea, Bruges, 1994 ISBN 90-5544-030-2
  • Hans Memling: The Complete Works. Thames & Hudson, 1994.[5] ISBN 978-0500-2369-8-7
  • Rogier van der Weyden: The Complete Works, translated by Ted Alkins. Harry N. Abrams, 1999. ISBN 081-0963-90-6
  • The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces . Mercatorfonds and Princeton University Press, 2003.[6] ISBN 978-0691-1166-1-7

References edit

  1. ^ "Eerste schoolreünie na vijftig jaar". Het Nieuwsblad. 11 Oct 2011.
  2. ^ Lauran Toorians (1994). "Planken, verf en handelsgeest: 500 jaar Hans Memling". Ons Erfdeel. 37.
  3. ^ Lorne Campbell (Apr 1995). "Bruges: Hans Memling". The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 137, no. 1105. pp. 264–265.
  4. ^ "Nieuwe Catalogi voor Groeninge en Gruuthuse". Biekorf. No. 80. 1980.
  5. ^ Lorne Campbell (Apr 1995). "Hans Memling, The Complete Works by Dirk de Vos". The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 137, no. 1105. pp. 253–254.
  6. ^ Dan Ewing (2006). "The Flemish Primitives: The Masterpieces by Dirk de Vos". Sixteenth Century Journal. 37 (1): 258–259.