Adriaan Gonnissen is a historian and art historian, working at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp as curator of modern art.

• Word of ThanksLuk LemmensKMSKA chairmanCarmen WillemsKMSKA managing directorIntroduction The Rediscovery of a Top TalentAdriaan GonnissenCurator modern art KMSKAJules Schmalzigaug(1882–1917) and the KMSKAThe History of a Colourful CollectionA Brief Outline of a Modern Master’s Life and WorkAdriaan GonnissenPhase 1 – 1928Donation by Walter MalgaudPhase 2 – 2015Purchase of Works on PaperPhase 3 – 2018Bequest from Mrs Gilberte GhesquièrePhase 4 – 2020–2022The Flemish Masterpieces Council and the Acquisition of the First Abstract OilPainting in Belgian Art HistoryPhase 5 – 2022Gift by GalleryRonny Van de VeldeA New PhaseSchmalzigaug’s Ensemble of Six Paintings Free Futurist InternationalExhibition at Galleria Futurista of Giuseppe Sprovieri, Rome, 1914EndnotesExtended CaptionsColophon