Bernard de Grunne Tribal Fine Arts
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Events
Civilisations Brussels 2024
Spring edition - June 2024 / SABLON AREA 5 - 9 June 2024Bernard de Grunne will be exhibiting during CIVILISATIONS at Galerie Jean Nelis (2 rue de Coppens, Sablon) Civilisations Brussels Art Fair presents fine Tribal, Asian, & Oriental art ,... -
Publications
Soninke - Medieval Soninke Statuary From Mali
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, TEFAF 2024, Maastricht March 7, 2024MEDIEVAL SONINKE STATUARY FROM MALI On the Bandiagara escarpment in central Mali, an exceptional moment in the history of African art began around 1000 years ago, with the appearance of... -
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Baguirmi
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, FAB 2024, Paris November 20, 2023De l’art des idoles baguirmi du Tchad Catalogue raisonné sur des idoles en bois du royaume du Baguirmi, ancien Etat sahélien localisé au sud-est du Tchad. Les statuettes baguirmi sont...
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About
Bernard de GrunneBernard de Grunne has been immersed in the world of great tribal sculpture for more than 50 years as he actively accompanied his father Baudouin de Grunne in building one of the finest collection of Tribal art in Europe from 1968 to 1995. He studied the art of Congo under the legendary Dr. Albert Maesen Chief Curator of the Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren and has earned a Ph.D. in African Art History with Professor Robert Faris Thomson at Yale University in 1987. He became the worldwide head of the Tribal Art department at Sotheby's from 1987 to 1992 setting a world-record price at auction for the Bangwa queen sold to the Dapper Museum.