The art of H.C. Mansveld and its impact on the public perception of Dutch spiritualism in the period 1925-1939

Spiritualism was a movement that gained high popularity in the inter-war period. Spiritualist communities, such as the Dutch Spiritist Society, set out to find proof for the Spiritualist thesis, which holds that existence does not end with death, but continues in...

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Auteur principal: Dobbelaer, Ferdinand Thomas (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [2019]
Dans: The journal of CESNUR
Année: 2019, Volume: 3, Numéro: 3, Pages: 3-17
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Mansveld, H. C. 1874-1957 / Niederlande / Spiritisme / Réception <scientifique> / Public / Histoire 1925-1939
RelBib Classification:AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux
KBD Benelux
Sujets non-standardisés:B Dutch Spiritualism
B Mediumistic Art
B Spirit Art
B H.C. Mansveld
B Spiritualism
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Résumé:Spiritualism was a movement that gained high popularity in the inter-war period. Spiritualist communities, such as the Dutch Spiritist Society, set out to find proof for the Spiritualist thesis, which holds that existence does not end with death, but continues in a world beyond our earthly one. This community included a group of art-producing mediums, and their own art movement became known as mediumistic art. Mediumistic art is a form of trance creation, based on the premise that the artist (or so was believed) channels a spirit, who uses the artist’s hands as his or her own in order to create art works. The Dutch painter H.C. Mansveld was such an artist, and he was highly praised in Dutch Spiritualist circles. Mansveld, however, never gained true popularity with the general public in Holland. This, the article argues, was the result of the dogmatic attitude held by the Spiritualist community towards Mansveld’s case and what it meant for the Spiritualist thesis.
ISSN:2532-2990
Contient:Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2019.3.3.1