The synthetic style of his early work is sensitively related to that of the Nabis, rather than impressionism. Woman Seated in a Garden is a work from that period. Boutet de Monvel depicts an intimate scene with rough brushstrokes. A lady is sitting quietly at a garden table on a bench in the shade of the trees. She is probably holding a handiwork. This poetic scene shows the artist's love of decoration. The painting belonged to the collection of the art patron Fernand Scribe, who bought it at the auction of the Charles Boutet de Monvel collection in 1910 and bequeathed it, along with his extensive collection, to the museum in 1913.
| Artist |
Bernard Boutet de Monvel
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| Title | Woman Seated in a Garden |
| Date | ca. 1910 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: Bernard B. de Monvel |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-AC |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-AC |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/604/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G(+32)
plants; vegetation (+ flowers, blossom, blossoming)
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25G4(GRASS) plants and herbs (GRASS) Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41A6 garden Iconclass 41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A723 bench Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41C32 drinking-vessels Iconclass 41C321 cup Iconclass 41D221(BOATER) head-gear: boater Iconclass 41D2654 bow (ornamental part of clothing) Iconclass 61BB111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Impressionist (style)
AAT
intimist AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 32) |
| 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. 134 (ill.), 148 (ill.)) |
| 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. 97-99, cat. 22 (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. 81 (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 |
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