Liège International Exposition (1905)
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The Liège International Exposition (French: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Liège) was a world's fair held in Liège, Belgium, from 27 April to 6 November 1905[1][2]: 416 just 8 years after a Belgian exposition held in Brussels. Intended to show Liège's industrial importance it also marked 75 years of Belgian Independence[1] and 40 years of Leopold II's reign.[2]: 178
The exposition received 7 million visitors, covered 52 acres and made 75,117 Belgian francs.[2]: 415
Participants and exhibits
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Twenty-nine countries were official participants, from Europe: Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom; from Africa: Egypt and Congo Free State; from America: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, and the United States; and from Asia China, Japan, Persia and Turkey. Germany and Spain were unofficial participants[1]
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There was an exhibition of medieval and Renaissance art, L'art ancien au Pays de Liège, as part of the event.[3] Ulrikke Greve' Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseums Vævskole contributed tapestries which won a gold prize.[4]
Legacy
The Palais des Beaux Arts building was left to the city, and housed the Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporaine.[2]: 179 After closing in 2013, in May 2016 it reopened, with a contemporary glass extension, as La Boverie.[5]
Music
A piece by Jean-Théodore Radoux entitled Cantate pour l'inauguration de l'Exposition universelle de Liège, 1905, with words by Jules Sauvenière, was written for the expo.
See also
- Colonial exhibition
- The Walloon Movement
External links
- Official website of the BIE
- A poster advertising France's involvement in the exhibition
References
- ^ a b c "LIEGE 1905". Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d John E. Findling; Kimberley D. Pelle (eds.). "Liege 1905". Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
- ^ Françoise Dumont, Marlène Britta, Christine Renardy, "Les arts à l'Exposition de 1905", in Liège et l'Exposition universelle de 1905 edited by Christine Renardy (Brussels, 2005), pp. 199-200.
- ^ "Ulrikke Greve – Norsk biografisk leksikon" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Michel Gretry (4 May 2017). "La Boverie fête son premier anniversaire sur un succès de foule". RTBF. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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- Antwerp International Exposition (1885)
- Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)
- Antwerp International Exposition (1894)
- Brussels International Exposition (1897)
- Liège International Exposition (1905)
- Brussels International Exposition (1910)
- Ghent International Exposition (1913)
- Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand (Antwerp, 1930)
- Liège International Exposition (1930)
- Brussels International Exposition (1935)
- Exposition internationale de l'eau (Liège, 1939)
- Foire coloniale (Brussels, 1948)
- Expo 58 (Brussels)
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