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Paperback. Condizione: Fine. 1st. 112 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** The Belgian artist Eugeen van Mieghem (1875-1930) was a Social Realist who has been compared to Millet and Kathe Kollwitz. *** "Growing up in the docklands of Antwerp in the late nineteenth century, Eugene Van Mieghem watched the comings and goings on the Red Star Line from his parents' cafe across Montevideo Street. His early years coincided with the expansion of Antwerp Harbor and an increasing exodus to the New World. As a child and then a young adult, he spent as much time as he could sketching harbor views and portraits of the people around him, often in the midst of those historic departures. Antwerp-New York intermixes that work with historical material to create a moving profile of the massive movement of humanity that brought 3 million people past Van Mieghem's doorstep and over the Atlantic to New York." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: 1. ANTWERP: A PORT FOR ALL SEASONS: Early History; The Golden Age (16th Century); Antwerp's Most Famous Ambassador: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640); Out of the Stranglehold (1790-1813); The Storm of the Belgian Revolution (1180-1850); The New Spring (After 1863); The Aftermath of the First World War; The Metamorphosis to a World Port; 2. EUGEEN VAN MIEGHEM (1875-1930) "AN ARTIST OF THE PEOPLE": Early Years (1875-1901); The Married Years 1902-1905); The Quiet Years (1906-1909); The Years of Recognition (1910-1913) The War Years (1914-1918); The Post War Years (1919-1930); After His Death; The Rehabilitation. 3. THE EMIGRANTS OF THE RED STAR LINE: The First Red Star Line: New York - Liverpool; The Second Red Star Line: Antwerp - Philadelphia/New York; Antwerp, Gateway to the New World: One Foot in America!"; The Ordeal of Steerage; Ellis Island: The Isle of Hope and Tears; Belgian Immigrants; The Lower East Side. Size: 8vo. Collectible.