Like Albijn Van den Abeele and Gustave van de Woestyne, Valerius De Saedeleer belonged to what was called the first Sint-Martens-Latem group. In close contact with the simplicity of country folk and of nature, he injected new substance into his art. The landscapes he painted here are witness to an almost mystical experience of nature. De Saedeleer emphasised the infinity and timelessness of the landscape in a pure and sober linear style related to the art of the Flemish primitives, with whose work he became acquainted at a major exhibition in Bruges in 1902. With decorative and rhythmic areas of colour and thorough stylisation, in End of a Gloomy Day De Saedeleer reduced the landscape to its essential form.
| Artist |
Valerius De Saedeleer
RKD
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|---|---|
| Title | The End of a Gloomy Day |
| Date | ca. 1907 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Sint-Martens-Latem TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Valerius de Saedeleer |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1909-HHH |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1909 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1909-HHH |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3776/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 25H landscapes Iconclass |
|---|---|
| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
22 natural phenomena Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 22C9 darkness Iconclass 24A2 sunset Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H landscapes Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H21 water course Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25H217 river bank Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 46A222 rural life Iconclass 46C11 road, path Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass 61D(LYS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (LYS) Iconclass 61E(LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) names of cities and villages (LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Symbolism (artistic concept)
AAT
Sint-Martens-Latem |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 128) |
| Valerius De Saedeleer (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Sint-Martens-Latem: gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst / Paul Haesaerts. - Brussel : Arcade, 1965 (p. 144) |
| 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. 115, 165 (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. 272 (ill. 150)) |
| 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. 144-146, cat. 37) |
| 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. 285 (ill.)) |
| 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 (cat. 30 (ill. p. 51)) |
| Nervia / Sint-Martens-Latem : Koppelteken = Nervia / Laethem-Saint-Martin : Traits d'union (tentoonstelling Elsene (Brussel), Museum van Elsene, 22.10.2015 - 17.01.2016) / Françoise Eeckman, Cathérine Verleysen, Michel De Reymaeker, Françoise Osteaux. - Bruxelles : Editions Racine, 2015 (p. 112) |
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