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Adventure, 1924

  • pencils (drawing and writing equipment), watercolour, gouache, paper
  • 630 x 475 mm
  • Inv. 1959-C

Public Domain

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Between 1924 and 1926 Frits van den Berghe made various series in a mixed technique of pencil, watercolour and gouache, such as The Woman and The Fair. These series are very important in Van den Berghe's oeuvre because he was able to give free rein to his satirical skills, his humour and his ability to make poignant characterisations. Adventure is possibly the first page of his cycle The Woman. Van den Berghe light-heartedly recorded the desire for freedom and the man-woman relationship, which is experienced as problematic, in a number of lines and brush strokes.

Artist

Frits Van den Berghe RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1883 - Ghent 1939
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Title Adventure
Date 1924
Period 20th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: F V Berghe
Collection print room
Object type watercolour AAT
gouache AAT
pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number 1959-C
Acquisition credit purchase
Le Cadre
Brussels
1959
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1959-C
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2640/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
300117546 seascapes AAT
300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
300124520 interior views AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25H13 coast Iconclass
25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass
25H2311 wave Iconclass
25H2322 sea Iconclass
25H2322(NORTH SEA) sea (NORTH SEA) 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
33C87 peeping, voyeur Iconclass
41A3311 open window Iconclass
41A421 curtains Iconclass
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C223 harbour Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
61E(OSTEND) names of cities and villages (OSTEND) Iconclass
School / Style Expressionist (style) AAT
Modernist AAT
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 54)
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. 230, cat. 262 (ill.))
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