On some of the key works of the Brussels art fair BRAFA (Brussels Antiques and Fine Arts Fair), which will be held from January 25 to February 2, 2014 and promises to be a record high number of participating galleries

BRAFA Brussels Art Fair 2014 (Brussels Antiques and Fine Arts Fair), which will be held from January 25 to February 2, 2014 , promises to be a record-breaking number of exhibitors : 131 gallery confirmed participation , including 51 Belgian ( 38%) and 80 foreign (62%) - from Germany, Austria , Canada, Denmark , Spain, France , Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg , Monaco, the Netherlands, Switzerland , USA, etc.

The fair will feature approximately twenty different specialties : archeology , antiques , primitive art , furniture, paintings and drawings , sculpture , jewelry , Asian art , carpets and tapestries , used books , pottery and porcelain , numismatics and rarity .

Brussels for many years, has a reputation as the most important prosperous market of primitive art . This year BRAFA invited as guest of honor Royal Museum of Central Africa ( Tervuren ) - a museum with a worldwide reputation in the field of primitive art . United under the name " Amazing collection " mask (very rare or never before exhibited ) , sculpture , hats and jewelry, totems , items from the extensive collection of Ethnography Museum will demonstrate the degree of influence of African art on modern and contemporary art .

in addition , primitive art will be offered in the pavilions Galerie de Monbrison ( Brussels, Belgium ), Galerie Jacques Germain ( Montreal, Canada ), Yann Ferrandin ( Paris, France ), Galerie Bernard Dulon ( Paris, France) and others. Among the most interesting work in this direction - a wooden sculpture Tshibinda Ilunga , the hero of the Chokwe people (Angola) , dating from the late XIX - early XX century (Hall Galerie Bernard Dulon). Or carved wooden sculpture people hemba (Democratic Republic of Congo ) , the proposed Parisian gallery Yann Ferrandin.

• Tshibinda Ilunga . End of XIX - beginning of XX century .
  Wood , black patina
  People Chokwe , Angola Height 36
  Galerie Bernard Dulon, Paris
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• Wooden sculpture in the form of a chair. XIX century
  Democratic Republic of Congo 42 Height
  Yann Ferrandin, Paris
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On art Old Masters specialize Parisian Galerie Florence de Voldère ( North school , XVI - XVIII centuries . ) , the Swiss- Russian gallery Kunstberatung Zürich AG ( painting XV - XVII centuries). , Luxembourg gallery Lux Art Consulting and others. In Kunstberatung Zürich AG greatest interest are the work of Pieter Bruegel the Younger " Tithing " 1626 triptych " Adoration of the Magi ", filled with an unknown master in Antwerp in 1518 . A picture of the other Dutch masters , Martin Van Cleve , " Massacre of the Innocents " is one of the most important works in the pavilion Lux Art Consulting. At Galerie Florence de Voldère be offered luxurious lifes Northern School .

• Pieter Brueghel the Younger
  tithing .
  1626 Oil on board . 75 × 124,5
  Kunstberatung Zürich AG, Zurich
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• MARTIN Van Cleave
  Childermas Classified oil. 75 × 107
  Lux Art Consulting, Luxembourg
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XVII century Russian icon of Munich offer Brenske Gallery. Among the most interesting works of religious art - "Trinity" ( Yaroslavl school (?), XVII century , 43 × 38 ), " Basil " ( Russia , XVII century , 31 × 26 ) and " Descent into Hell and the Resurrection of Christ " ( Russian , XVII century , 38 × 32 ).

• icon "Trinity »
  Russia , Yaroslavl school (?) , XVII century , 43 × 38
  Brenske Gallery, Munich
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• Icon " Basil »
  Russia , XVII century , 31 × 26
  Brenske Gallery, Munich
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leading Belgian impressionist Emile Claus represented Gallery Oscar De Vos canvas " siesta " in 1890 ( on canvas oil , 76 × 63). Brussels gallery Galerie Cento Anni has long been engaged in works of Art Deco and Art Nouveau . To BRAFA gallery has produced several sculptures Romanian Demeter Chiparus - " Girl in pajamas " (bronze , ivory , height 49 ), " Gentle promises " (bronze , ivory , marble, 38 × 78,5) and "Dancing Cossack " (bronze , ivory , marble, height 54,5).

• EMIL KLAUS Midday rest. 1890
  Oil on canvas. 76 × 63
  Gallery Oscar De Vos, Sint-Martens - Latham , Belgium
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• Demeter Chiparus
  Cossack Dancer patinated bronze , ivory , marble
  Height 54,5
  Galerie Cento Anni, Brussels
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pavilion Frankfurt Galerie Jörg Schuhmacher noteworthy graphic work Russian emigrant Alexei Jawlensky « Abstract head" of a large series of the same name . And one of the main exhibits of the pavilion gallery Taménaga ( Paris) becomes watercolor Marc by Marc Chagall « Motherhood ».

Alexei Jawlensky Abstract head (small ) Paper, watercolor, gouache, pencil , pastel . 12,5 × 15,5 Source : brafa.be

Marc Chagall Motherhood. 1946 Watercolour . 30,5 × 22,8 Source : brafa.be

Many things will still be at the Brussels art Fair BRAFA January 25 - February 2, 2014 . More products with key BRAFA 2014 , you can see here . Explore the galleries , exhibitors , you can here .

prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

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