Paris Moscou. Frans Masereel, voyage au pays des soviets. Antique series of models – dummy

series of models – dummy vases with a symbolic function –

Despite the troubles that affected it in the mid-3rd century

imperial autocracy replaced "liberty": any crime could henceforth be considered an attack on the "majesty of the prince"

One of his recent creations can be seen at the Élysée Palace in Paris

Paris Moscou. Frans Masereel, voyage au pays des soviets. Antique series of models – dummyEngaged in the social struggles of his time and close to the communist ideals which denounced the stranglehold of capital in all sectors of life, the Belgian artist Frans Masereel (1889 1972) made two trips to the Soviet Union in 1935 and 1936, in order to see if there was anything new in the East. This work retraces, using rare documents and sources drawn from Russian archives, the tribulations of a friend of the people. Born in Blankenberghe in