Acknowledgements

Our sincere thanks

First of all, to

Dr. Sabine Bompuku-Eyenga-Cornelis
PhD in Archeology and Histoty of Art
Service “Culture et Société”
Musée Royal d’Afrique Centrale (M.R.A.C.)
Leuvensesteenweg, 13
3080 Tervuren - Belgium

For her interest, her generous support, encouragements and her invaluable advices during the making of this website.

And to

L. van Campen and J. Benzakein for their English translations.

Yvon Lammens for photographs and advices.

Katrine Simonart for reading and correcting drafts.

Jean Casman who helped us for the edition of this website.

Isabelle Gérard, Anne Welschen and Annick Swinnen (Service de Gestion des Collections du M.R.A.C.) for their wise advices.

Lucienne Di Mauro, Sciences de l’Information (Service “Histoire et Politique” du M.R.A.C.) for archives retrieval.

Anne Rayet, lawyer, for legal advices.

Adrienne Buranyi (Balassi Institut, Service Culturel de l’Ambassade de Hongrie, Brussels, Belgium), who helped us translating Hungarian titels of some paintings into French.

Various owners of Erna Vamos paintings who obligingly sent us photographs of works in their ownership.

The Belgian Foreign Affairs Library who allowed us to consult newspapers of the Belgian era of the Congo (Brussels, Belgium).

The State Archives of Belgium for official documents related to Erna Vamos.