Aan de vergetelheid ontrukt: Willem Adrianus Fabri (1853-1925), een Rotterdamse decoratieschilder van interieurs

Author(s):
Herwijnen, H.F. van
Published
2020
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

This study focuses on the decorative oeuvre of Willem Adrianus Fabri (1853-1925). As one of the few decorative painters from the era 1870-1925, quite a bit of his work has been preserved in situ. Characteristic for his decorative paintings is the great variety of activities in terms of interior types. In his almost fifty-year career Fabri has decorated houses, theaters, churches, government buildings, palaces and passenger ships. From around 1877 Fabri worked for the Rotterdam furniture company C.H. Eckhart. This company belonged to the large furniture factories in the Netherlands. Around 1893 Fabri started his own painting studio. Fabri's oeuvre is pre-eminently representative of the profession of decorative painter in the period described. This area of the applied arts in the Netherlands has been neglected so far. Beside the decoration works of Willem Fabri this study examines his network, sources of inspiration, clients and competitors.

Applied artsArchitectDecorative paintingInterior decorationFurniture company
Defense date
2020-12-09
Language
Dutch
Supervisor(s)
Baarsen, R.J.; Eliëns, T.M.
Committee member(s)
Bergmans, A.; Boers, M.E.W.; Haan, J. de
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University, Leiden
hdl
1887/138694
ISBN(s)
9789090337913