George Minne and Constantin Meunier were the first immediate models for the Ghent sculptor and engraver Jozef Cantré. From 1918 to 1930 he remained in the Netherlands (Blaricum and Oosterwijk). Here he worked in ‘taille directe’, directly in wood and stone, in a constructivist expressionistic style that shows the influence of Zadkine. In 1930 Cantré returned to Belgium and settled down close to Ghent. Under the influence of the general neo-Realistic trend of the years before World War II, Cantré developed towards a synthesis between geometric simplification and realism. Combative Woman is a notable example where the artist succeeds in joining the rigidity of a reasoned geometrical construction with the expression of vitality and movement.
| Artist |
Jozef Cantré
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| Title | Watchful Woman |
| Date | 1935 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | patination AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names): Jozef Cantré |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | bronze AAT |
| Inventory number | 1936-I |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Cantré, Jozef 1936 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1936-I |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1392/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A251611
hand holding the breast
Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass |
| Jozef Cantré / André De Ridder. - Antwerpen : De Sikkel, 1953 (p. 5-15 (ill. 13)) |
| Gent, duizend jaar kunst en cultuur : Muurschilderkunst . schilderkunst . tekenkunst . graveerkunst . beeldhouwkunst (tentoonstelling, Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 19.04 - 29.06.1975) / Paul Eeckhout, Miek Goossens, Jean-Pierre De Bruyn, Herman Denecker, Marie Fredericq-Lilar, Nicole Dhooghe-Pannier, Monique Vanroose, Robert Didier, John Steyaert. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1975 (dl. I, p. 534, nr. 616 (ill. 149)) |
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