The painter on Dardenne (1865-1912) was engaged; By the scientific mission of Katanga (1898-1900), under the direction of Charles Lemaire. He was charged; to produce graphic, descriptive and detective documentation of subjectis; His know-how and his comprehensive production were those of the French photographer Ois Michel (1855-1932). The Mrac preserves most of the works produced by the Dardenne within the framework of this expiration. villages, of social life, and portraits. Botanic and zoological boards are united in an album, Appri & Eacute; for its pre -priest. The collection also includes caricatures published by the newspaper Le Petit Bleu and satyric drawings on the exploitation of natural resources, post & acute; The eacition of Katanga. The artist took the d & eacute; a state of the Congo in the framework of the international campaign against the exploitation of the rubber and its exempts of violence. & Nbsp;

The other than Dardenne for the socio -cultural aspects transparent & here in its iconography but especially in the notes retained by his family. In the most of the most typical of his time, he is respectful of customs, of solidarity, and it is in the event of local dances and techniques. He made portraits of dignitaries from Katanga and he reproduced the performance of the monics of the social social; Mbudye. & Nbsp;

the analysis of his pictorial art shows that he had evil & agrave; Ma & ICIRC; Triser the luminous strong of the R & Eaccute; Its landscapes are transformed according to the seasons. The rainy season is dominated by the Green V & Eacute; Tal, the season is rendered by a duller lighting. In the local local, its activity; graphic aroused fascination but also fiance.