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INVENTORY OF JEAN BERCKMANS ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1930-1939
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Title: Jean Berckmans architectural drawings
Date (inclusive): 1930-1939
Collection number: 940023
Creator:
Berckmans, Jean
Extent:
114 drawings
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Abstract: Colored renderings and sepia prints by the Belgian architect, made when he was a student. Included are studies for the St.
Gertrude cloister, the church of St. Denis, and the Chateau de Grant-Bigard, as well as houses, sports club, schools, a bus
terminal, stockmarket, and furniture.
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Language: Collection material is in French and Dutch.
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Jean Berckmans Architectural drawings, 1930-1939, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 940023.
Acquired in 1994.
Processed by J. Gibbs.
Jean Berckmans was a Belgian architect whose work, beyond his student drawings, is little known.
Scope and Content of Collection
Jean Berckmans is little known, beyond the drawings in this collection, which were made while he was a student, probably at
the Ecole Saint Luc in Schaarbeek, Belgium.
Drawings are colored renderings and sepia prints and include studies of churches, hospital, houses, sports buildings, a stockmarket
(bourse), a working man's club, and furniture. Some drawings are undated.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically in one series.
Berckmans, Jean
Architect designed furniture--Belgium
Architecture--Belgium
Architecture--Designs and plans
Architecture--Study and teaching
Concrete construction--United States
Architectural drawings--20th century--Belgium