Entre 2011 et 2019, j’ai travaillé sur un doctorat interuniversitaire en histoire de l’art. Je place ici le brouillon de ma thèse. Vous pouvez consulter le plan complet du projet et une description de mon parcours. N’oubliez pas qu’il s’agit d’un brouillon.
4.6 L’exposition Rembrandt van Rijn de 1906
Au début du XXe siècle, les « Loan Exhibitions » peuvent être organisées en lien avec l’actualité artistique. En 1906, le tricentenaire du décès de Rembrandt van Rijn est un tel événement. En octobre, le conseil de l’AAM décide de souligner l’événement1. L’association explique ses motivations dans son catalogue :
On the 14th of July this year, at Leyden, began the celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt, which took place on the 15th July, 1606. With ceremonies of great dignity and interest, the new Rembrandt monument was unveiled, and a magnificent Loan Exhibition of his works opened in the Stedelijk Museum. These historical events were followed by the opening at Amsterdam, on the 15th July, of an Exhibition of Modern Dutch Art, in the Galleries of the Arti et Amicitiae. That these impressive functions were an expression of the homage of a whole people for their great master, was evidenced by the enormous crowds, composed of all classes, which poured into Leyden and Amsterdam during the celebration. And now, not in any spirit of emulation, but because such an important date in the annals of Art should be commemorated in some measure, the Council through the courtesy of the owners, have brought together the fine examples of Rembrandt’s work and of the work of his contemporaries, the Dutch Artists of the 17th century […]2
