Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jean Berckmans architectural drawings
Date (inclusive): 1930-1939
Number: 940023
Creator/Collector:
Berckmans, Jean
Physical Description:
114.0 drawing(s)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
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.
Biographical/Historical Note
Jean Berckmans was a Belgian architect whose work, beyond his student drawings, is little known.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Jean Berckmans Architectural drawings, 1930-1939, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 940023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa940023
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1994.
Processing History
Processed by J. Gibbs.
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 note
Arranged chronologically in one series.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Berckmans, Jean
Subjects - Topics
Architect-designed furniture--Belgium
Architecture--Belgium
Architecture--Designs and plans
Architecture--Study and teaching
Concrete construction--United States
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural drawings--20th century--Belgium