In 1853, the year that this rocky landscape in Marche-les-Dames was created, François Lamorinière visited Barbizon and the forest of Fontainebleau. Together with Alfred de Knyff and the brothers Xavier and César De Cock, he is one of the first Belgian artists to paint in the open air there. Nevertheless, Lamorinière would never adhere to pleinairism, in the sense that he does not feel attracted to depicting the atmospheric effect of light and air. Lamorinière rather aims for a realistic approach to the landscape. Through a direct study of nature, he can arrive at a more detailed and more realistic painting. Lamorinière therefore stands apart in Belgian landscape painting. He is less oriented towards the French examples and, following the example of Henri Leys, more inspired by the 16th-century Flemish and German artists. Hence, the detail realism and the austere design, which, compared to the innovative artistic tendencies, make an archaic impression on his contemporaries.
Mountainous Landscape at Marche-les-Dames, 1853
- oil paint, canvas
- 59 x 85 cm
- Inv. 1853-B
François Lamorinière
Antwerp 1828 - Antwerp 1911
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