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FOREWORD
BY M.-DOMINIQUE CRAPON DE CAPRONA - USA
Welcome to the 4th Special Issue of the Els Siebel tells us then about the Dutch
Sloughi Review. artist Henricus Antonius (Han) van
Meegeren, his Sloughi drawing and his
Els Siebel and I go back in time to the very special attitude towards Art, and
beginning of last century and present two how to make money from Art that made
artists in France and in the Netherlands, him famous!!
famous at the time for different reasons.
The issue ends with a collection of other
Paul Mahler was a very prolific French engravings, lithographs, photo
artist who did hundreds of portraits of dog engravings and ink drawings of Sloughis
breeds, as well as other domestic animals, from the 1800s by various artists in
poultry and livestock. France, Germany, Spain and the USA.
What is known of his life and of his
portrayal of sighthound breeds is shown
here. It is very interesting to compare
what was drawn then with what is bred
now.
