Walter Mac Ewen studied in Europe from 1877 onwards, first at the academy in Munich and later in Paris. In imitation of other American artists he then moved to the Netherlands, where he rented a studio for many years. He exhibited his work regularly at the Salons in Belgium and was officially recognised as a painter by them. His popularity in Belgium is illustrated by the purchase, in 1895, of the painting, Dutch Family, which was also the first time the Belgian state had bought a painting by an American artist. The painting depicts the interior of a family home in Overijssel. The painting also shows the influence of Dutch art on Mac Ewen. Particularly striking are traces of the Hague School, seen in the subdued colours and the play of light and dark in the background.
| Artist |
Walter Mac Ewen
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| Title | Dutch Family |
| Date | ca. 1894 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Netherlands TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: W. MAC-EWEN. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1894-B |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels 1895 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1894-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/280/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
Iconclass
31A242 head turned sideways Iconclass 31A2421 head turned to the left Iconclass 31A2422 head turned to the right Iconclass 31A247 looking over the shoulder Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 32B311(DUTCH) Europeans (DUTCH) Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41C1 eating and drinking Iconclass 41C12 drinking Iconclass 41C321 cup Iconclass 41C332 coffee-pot Iconclass 41C7211 cup of coffee Iconclass 42B74 family group, especially parents with their child(ren) Iconclass 42B741 father and child(ren), man and child(ren) (family group) Iconclass 42B742 mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group) Iconclass 42G family, relationship, descent Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2122 daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 61B113 anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait Iconclass 61D(NETHERLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (NETHERLANDS) Iconclass |
| School / Style | naturalism (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. 98) |
| 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. 75, 80 (ill.), 194 (ill.)) |
| 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. 224-225 (ill.)) |
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