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Document Details : Title: Elisabeth Ivanovsky (1910-2006) Subtitle: Een frisse wind in het Belgische kinderboek in de jaren 1930 Author(s): VANDERVEKEN, Suzanne Journal: Tijdschrift voor Interieurgeschiedenis en Design Volume: 47 Date: 2025 Pages: 79-98 DOI: 10.2143/GBI.47.0.3294953 Abstract : Moldovan artist Elisabeth Ivanovsky came to Belgium in 1932 to complete her art training at the Higher Institute of Decorative Arts in La Cambre. Along with other Russian expatriate artists, she revolutionised the world of children’s books in the 1930s in Belgium and its neighbouring countries. Strongly influenced by her Moldovan teachers, the visual artists Sçneer Cogan and Auguste Baillayre, both prominent figures in the art school of her hometown Kishinev, her illustrations were met with criticism from the conservative actors in the Belgian world of children’s books. The disapproval was directed mainly at Ivanovsky’s peculiar use of colour and the lack of a clear line in her drawing style. Supported by some important artists connected to the Higher Institute of Decorative Arts, she nevertheless broke through and became highly successful as an illustrator. The support of her teachers at La Cambre was part of the progressive orientation of that institution at the time, particularly towards Russian constructivism. La Cambre was also far ahead of comparable institutions in Brussels and Ghent in opening its doors to women. |
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