Hieronymus Bosch : The Unauthorised Biography - Hardcover

Marcel Ruijters

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0861662466 ISBN 13: 9780861662463

Publisher: Knockabout, 2015

Synopsis

A fictionalised biography of Hieronymus Bosch, the late medieval painter. It is a commissioned work for the Bosch500 Foundation and the Mon-driaan Art Fund, as a part of a large program of festivities scheduled for his 500th anniversary in 2016.

The Author says:

In general it is not my intention to reconstruct Bosch's life - it would be pretentious for anyone to claim to know him. A lot of data has been lost in five centuries and artists from so long ago usually have not left behind that much. Therefore, it is not the idea to give a complete overview of his body of works. It is not an essay. Some lost works are hinted at in a playful way. More important is to show that what we know as authentic Bosch paintings, consists of teamwork. And that everything was commissioned work, reflecting the culture of the time rather than personal views of the artist. Therefore there is also quite some comedy going on here. Especially because life was hard, people treated things with a strong sense of irony.

About this title

About the Author

Marcel Ruijters, born 1966 in The Netherlands, became active in self-publishing his comics in 1988. Roughly since the new millennium, the style and content of his work have been heavily influenced by medieval art. His liberal adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno was awarded Best Dutch graphic novel in 2008. All Saints, 1348 and Sine Qua Non are equally playfully dealing with medieval themes, while Hieronymus is a first venture into serious historic reconstruction. Four years in the making, it portrays the surrealist forerunner Hieronymus Bosch as a humble craftsman, struggling with earthly problems while creating works of genius, together with his family.

Edition details

• Publisher: Knockabout
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0861662466
• ISBN 13: 9780861662463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160