GOEMANS, Camille (Constant Ghislain) 1900-1960

PERSONAL: Born January 23, 1900, in Louvain, Belgium; died June 4, 1960, in Brussels, Belgium; married Lou Cosyn. Education: Attended University of Brussels.

CAREER: Photographer and writer. Founded periodical Correspondences, 1924, with Paul Nougé and Marcel Lecomte. Military service: Belgian army, 1940; attained rank of lieutenant.

WRITINGS:

Distances, D. Devillez (Brussels, Belgium), 1928, reprinted, 1994.

(Author of text) Le sens propre (exhibition catalogue for paintings by René Magritte), D. Devillez (Brussels, Belgium), 1929, reprinted, 1969.

Emile Mahy, Edition Apollo (Brussels, Belgium), 1942.

Poèmes pour la guerra, Les Lèvres Nues (Brussels, Belgium), 1968.

Grand comme une image: Avec un dessin de René Magritte, Les Lèvres Nues (Brussels, Belgium), 1968.

Arsène, Les Lèvres Nues (Brussels, Belgium), 1969.

Le bonheur des rois; ou, Quelques précisions pour un adolescent, Les Lèvres Nues (Brussels, Belgium), 1969.

Oeuvre, 1922-1957, Gilbert Meirsschaut à Kruishoutem (Brussels, Belgium), 1970.

René Magritte: Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 19 juin-19 octobre 1987, Fondation de l'Hermitage (Lausanne, France), 1987.

Ecrits: anthologie, Labor (Brussels, Belgium), 1992.

SIDELIGHTS: In 1926 Camille Goemans was among several young Belgians, including the noted artist René Magritte, who founded the Belgian Surrealist art group. Goemans was a chronicler of Magritte's work in catalogs and books, such as, Grand comme une image: Avec un dessin de René Magritte.

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PERIODICALS

Artnews, May, 1983, Emily Simson, "The Surrealist Spirit in Belgian Photography," p. 159.*