In Guillaume Vogels' Dutch Canal at Night, the influence of the avant-garde is present. After a period of painterly experimentation, Vogels achieves greater self-confidence. The colour palette, however, remains very subdued. Except for some small light accents, it is all about grey tones. In the foreground, a cargo ship can be seen on a canal in an urban environment. The top of the canvas is a subtle play of light impressions on an almost closed cloud cover. Typical of Birds is the simple but effective composition, the minimisation of the human figure in favour of a very suggestive representation of the landscape and surroundings, and the atmospheric use of a limited number of colours mixed directly onto the canvas and often applied with the palette knife.
| Artist |
Guillaume Vogels
RKD
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| Title | Dutch Canal at Night |
| Date | ca. 1879 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Netherlands TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: G. Vogels |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1952-AC |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1952 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1952-AC |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2321/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
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300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
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22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass 23R14 night Iconclass 24B moon as celestial body Iconclass 24B6 moonlight Iconclass 24F firmament, sky Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H22 canal Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 25I141 street Iconclass 25I145 canals, waters (in city) Iconclass 25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41B33 lantern Iconclass 41B33(+0) lantern (+ variant) Iconclass 46C215(MAST) parts of ship's exterior: mast Iconclass 46C223 harbour Iconclass 46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Iconclass 46C256 freight vessel Iconclass 61D(NETHERLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (NETHERLANDS) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Impressionist (style) AAT |
| 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. 53-55, cat. 8) |
| 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. 349 (ill.)) |
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