In Belgian landscape painting, Xavier De Cock was more of a transitional artist between romanticism and realism. His landscapes are indeed based on the observation of reality, but their composition is relatively conventional. From the early 1850s onwards, he regularly travelled to France with his brother César. It was there that he discovered the new feeling for nature of the Barbizon School, which gradually permeated his work. On his return to Belgium in 1860, he worked mainly in the outskirts of Ghent. With works such as The Meersstraat in Ghent, De Cock was successful in contemporary salons, with the public and also with the press.
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Xavier De Cock
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| Title | The Meersstraat in Ghent |
| Date | 1862 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Ghent TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom left: Xavier De Cock / 1862 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1863-A |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
De Cock, Xavier 1863 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1863-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/175/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
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300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q712
church (exterior)
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22C8 shadow Iconclass 25D29 dust (soil type) Iconclass 25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H17 meadow, pasture Iconclass 25H212 brook Iconclass 25I14 public road Iconclass 25I141 street Iconclass 25I2 village Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 31D130 Maidenhood Iconclass 46A222 rural life Iconclass 46C123 hand-cart Iconclass 46C145 (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart Iconclass 46C1939 tyre track Iconclass 46C199 wheel track Iconclass 47I1 agriculture Iconclass 47I2112 cow Iconclass 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass 47I2211 herd, flock Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass 61E(GHENT) names of cities and villages (GHENT) Iconclass 61F(MEERSSTRAAT) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (MEERSSTRAAT) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 46) |
| Xavier & César De Cock (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| 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. 109 (ill.)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 68 (ill.)) |
| Wandelgids : MSK in Gent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2022 (p. 16) |
| Walking guide : MSK in Ghent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2022 |
| Guide de promenade : MSK à Gand / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts Gand, 2022 |
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