Interior, sometimes also called A Loving Couple, is without doubt a high point in Leon De Smet’s oeuvre, effectively expressing the tranquil poetry that is the feature of his work. Here one notes the refined range of colours, the impressionistic touch and the well-balanced composition with which the artist creates an atmospheric rendering of space and light. As was often the case, De Smet integrated two of his own previous paintings into Interior. George Minne is also a prominent presence, in the form of The Small Relic-Bearer, one of his best-known works, which here stands on the mantelpiece and also turns up in other paintings by De Smet.
| Artist |
Leon De Smet
RKD
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|---|---|
| Title | Interior or A Loving Couple |
| Date | 1911 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | year and signature bottom right: 1911 Leon De Smet |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1957-AG |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1957 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1957-AG |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2447/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300124520
interior views
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A233
kneeling figure
Iconclass
31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man 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 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA51 making toilet - AA - (for) women Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 33C23 couple of lovers Iconclass 33C234 (lovers) caressing each other Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A221 living-room, parlour, sitting-room Iconclass 41A33 window Iconclass 41A3321 closed window Iconclass 41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41A722 couch, sofa, settee Iconclass 41B2141 chimney-piece, mantelpiece Iconclass 41B2142 chimney ornaments Iconclass 41C3 laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc. Iconclass 41C31 table-ware Iconclass 41C332 coffee-pot Iconclass 41C341(+0) dish, plate, saucer (+ variant) Iconclass 41C37 table-cloth Iconclass 48C5142 picture within picture Iconclass 61B2(GEORGE MINNE) historical person (GEORGE MINNE) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Impressionist (style)
AAT
Luminist (Belgian style and movement) AAT |
| Leon De Smet (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Leon De Smet / Piet Boyens, Hans Bosschaert. - Tielt : Uitgeverij Lannoo, 1994 (p. 239, 262) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 272 (ill. 145)) |
| 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. 85-87, cat. 18) |
| 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. 28 (ill.), 307 (ill.)) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 93 (ill.)) |
| L' Oiseau Bleu : Op zoek naar geluk (tentoonstelling Gent, Sint-Pietersabdij, 09.12.2011 - 22.04.2012) / André Capiteyn, Christian Angelet, Martine Van Asch, Robert Beachboard, W.F. Vande Walle. - Gent : Kunsthal Sint-Pietersabdij, 2011 ; Gent : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2011 |
| 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 (cat. 43 (ill. p. 65)) |
| Het oog van de dichter : 25 schilderijgedichten belicht / Anton Korteweg. - Rekkem : Ons Erfdeel VZW, 2017 (p. 164-167) |
| 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 |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 201, cat. 228 (ill.)) |
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