ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Navez Project explores the correspondence, social networks, and artistic environment of François-Joseph Navez (1787–1869), a central figure in nineteenth-century Belgian art and art education.
Drawing on letters, art works, and other historical sources preserved at KBR and beyond, the project investigates how artists, students, patrons, and institutions were connected through artistic and social exchange. Combining archival research with Digital Humanities methods, the project digitises, annotates, and analyses historical sources to reconstruct the networks surrounding Navez and the nineteenth-century Brussels art world.
By mapping these connections, the project aims to gain insight into the impact of Navez’s social and professional networks on his life.
The project is funded by FWO and is a collaboration between Ghent University and KBR, in collaboration with GhentCDH and CLARIAH-VL+.