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In the winter of 1986, artist Franklin Engeln addresses his first letter to painter Philippe Vandenberg. ‘Good correspondence is rare,’ Vandenberg writes in his reply to Engeln. What follows is an exchange as flourishing as it is short-lived. The two artists get to know each other at Richard Foncke’s gallery in Ghent. It does not stop at meetings in the gallery. The friends regularly have dinner together and occasionally visit each other at home or at their studios. At the time of the correspondence, Vandenberg lived and worked in Ghent, while Engeln lived and worked in Antwerp, where he still lives and works. The letters illuminate Vandenberg’s oeuvre in a different way, in which words such as poetry, humanity and tenderness are central. In addition, they offer an insight into Engeln’s little-known work. The correspondence between Franklin Engeln and Philippe Vandenberg is compiled by Sofie Frederix.

Vandenberg, Philippe --- Engeln, Franklin --- kunst --- kunstenaars --- kunstenaarsgeschriften --- schilderkunst --- tekenkunst --- kunst en literatuur --- brieven --- Vandenberg Philippe --- Engeln Franklin --- 7.038 --- twintigste eeuw --- Schilderkunst ; België ; 2de helft 20ste eeuw --- Kunsttheorie ; dagboeken ; brieven ; essays --- Tentoonstellingscatalogi ; Gent ; galerij Richard Foncke --- Vandenberg, Philippe 1952-2009 (°Gent, België) --- 7.038(493) --- Kunstgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; België --- Belgische kunstenaars --- Kunstgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 ; België.