In 1929 Gustave De Smet moved to Deurle on the River Lys, where he gained his inspiration from the simple life of the village. Starting from a very strict post-cubist style in the late 1920s, he evolved towards a greater freedom of composition and a more realistic interpretation in a range of warm colours. The figures in Village Fair are mostly sparingly set down in a few lines. Here and there De Smet has scratched the outlines with the back of his brush in the paint, a playful manner of drawing that exposes the white base of the canvas and alternates with the black outlines. The painter also used various techniques to apply paint. Shaped areas of solid colour alternate with almost transparent, light areas that flow across the drawing.
| Artist |
Gustave De Smet
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VIAF
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| Title | Village Fair |
| Date | ca. 1930 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: Gust. De Smet |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1939-Y |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels 1939 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on loan |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1939-Y |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1478/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300236227
townscapes (representations)
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
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22C1 natural light Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 25I241 village street Iconclass 25I2411 village lane, alley Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A191 tent Iconclass 41C741 pipe ~ tobacco Iconclass 41D221(HOMBURG HAT) head-gear (HOMBURG HAT) Iconclass 43A3 pleasure fair and circus Iconclass 44A3(+2) flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ nation; national) Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass 61E(DEURLE) names of cities and villages (DEURLE) Iconclass 61E(LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) names of cities and villages (LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) Iconclass 61F(SAINT ALDEGONDIS' CHURCH) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SAINT ALDEGONDIS' CHURCH) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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Modernist AAT |
| 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. 226-228, cat. 61) |
| 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. 303 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Het Kunstuur 6 (tentoonstelling Mechelen, Heilige Geestkapel en Heilige Geesthuis, 13.10.2023 - 31.05.2024) / Frank Van Laecke, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Hans Bourlon, Joost Bourlon, Wouter Verhulst. - Mechelen : Degroof-Petercam, 2023 (pp.50-51) |
| Het Kunstuur Hasselt 2 (tentoonstelling Hasselt, Historisch Stadhuis, 08.09.2023 - 14.04.2024) / Frank Van Laecke, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Hans Bourlon, Joost Bourlon, Wouter Verhulst. - Mechelen : Degroof-Petercam, 2023 ; Hasselt : Stad Hasselt, 2023 |
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