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Article: The Drawing Speaks. Theophile Bra: Works 1826-1855.(Book Review)
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- Nineteenth-Century French Studies
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- March 22, 2004
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de Caso, Jacques. The Drawing Speaks. Theophile Bra: Works 1826-1855. Houston: The Menil Foundation, 1997. Pp. 120. ISBN 0-939594-45-5 --. Theophile Bra, L'Evangile Rouge. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2000. Pp. 317. ISBN 2-07-075908-3
It is rare to discover a substantial body of work by an important albeit hitherto neglected artist. But Jacques de Caso has achieved this remarkable feat. He has brought to light a largely forgotten master of French Romanticism, the artist and author, Theophile Bra. In two recent books, one an exhibition catalogue devoted to Bra's visionary drawings, The Drawing Speaks. Theophile Bra: Works 1826-1855, the other an annotated edition of ...