During our staying in Antwerp we visited the exhibition of paintings where we saw truly remarkable works of national painters; there we saw with great pleasure two pieces of work from our colleague from the Parisian Society, Mr. Wintz, Rue de Clinchy, 63: the return of the cows and a moonshine. But what has particularly drawn our attention was a study mentioned in the flyer entitled “Scene of the country of Spiritist peasants.” Three individuals wearing flamenco costumes seating around a huge stump upon which they rest their hands with the attitude of those that make the table turn. Their attentive and concentrated looks indicates that they take the thing seriously. Other persons, men, women and children were diversely grouped, some looking in astonishment to the first movement of the huge body, others smiling with an air of skepticism. That painting that certainly has merit in the execution is originally true. With the exception of the Spiritist painting that was shown at Constantinople exhibition (see Spiritist Review, July 1863) it is the first time that Spiritism appears so clearly confessed in works of art. It is the beginning.
Allan Kardec
