From the end of the 1920s, Gustave De Smet gradually abandoned the severe formal idiom he had so far used in favour of a more realistic approach to his subjects. After a short period in which he took his inspiration more from themes of the urban environment, he once again found his subjects in the life of the countryside. In this period, De Smet once again took up the subject of the woman daydreaming, which continued to recur in his oeuvre, in several intimist works painted in largely warm, red-brown tints. Nude with Necklace is a good example of this late work. There are two somewhat different versions, both of which refer back to an early work from 1916.
| Artist |
Gustave De Smet
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| Title | Nude with Necklace |
| Date | ca. 1935 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Gust. De Smet |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1954-J |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Van Steenkiste (coll.) Ghent 1954 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1954-J |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2362/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31AA
the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure
Iconclass
41D2661 necklace Iconclass 61B11 anonymous historical person portrayed Iconclass 61BB111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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Modernist 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. 232-234, cat. 63) |
| 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. 304-305 (ill.)) |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 |
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