Emile Claus’ oeuvre gives us a picture of everyday life in the area of the River Lys around 1900. A painting like Sunny Day, which was painted precisely in that year, is an example of his narrative impressionist work. The painting shows noticeable parallels with the work of an experienced photographer. It also looks like a snapshot, a window on reality. The abrupt cut-offs in the background accentuate the realism of the depiction. At the same time the work has a well-considered, balanced composition in which various components are brought together by a unifying light and lack of contrasting colours. Typical of this period in Claus’ work is also the soft play of light and shade in which a largely invisible canopy of leaves filters the harsh sunlight and casts a magical effect of light and shade on the scene.
| Artist |
Emile Claus
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| Title | Sunny Day |
| Date | 1899 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: Emile Claus |
| inscription and monogram on the reverse: July / ii / E.C. | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1904-X |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels 1904 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1904-X |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/404/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 24A81 sunbeams Iconclass 25G4(REED) plants and herbs: reed Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket Iconclass 41D42 laundering Iconclass 41D428 building or outbuilding where laundry is done Iconclass 41D4281 wash house, home laundry, laundry room Iconclass 46A222 rural life Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Impressionist (style)
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Luminist (Belgian style and movement) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 44) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 154 (ill.)) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. (ill. 144), 267) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 76-78, cat. 15) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 102-103 (ill.)) |
| Emile Claus and Belgian Impressionism (exhibition Himeji City Museum of Art, 20.04 - 26.05.2013 ; Tokyo Station Gallery, 08.06 - 15.07.2013 ; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, 26.07 - 25.08.2013 ... et al.) / Johan De Smet, Akira Tomita. - Kobe : The Kobe Shimbun, 2013 |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (p. 57, cat. 36 (ill.)) |
| En plein air : un jour de loisir, c'est un jour d'immortalité (exposition Liège, la Boverie, 05.05.2016 - 15.08.2016) / Michel Antonpietri, Laurence Castany, Olivier Cousinou. - Liège : La Boverie, 2016 ; Paris : Musée du Louvre, 2016 |
| Derniers impressionnistes : Le temps de l'intimité (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève, 26 septembre 2020 - 28 février 2021) / Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2020 ; Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau : éditions Monelle Hayot, 2020 (p. 68) |
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