Ramah, the pseudonym of Henri Raemacker, was self-taught. Before WWI he was mainly influenced by Rik Wouters. After 1916 Ramah focused increasingly on design rather than on colour. We see this very clearly in The Painter, one of his most mature works of the twenties. The scene is set in a southern landscape. It shows a schematic self-portrait, surrounded by spectators. In 1919 Ramah met the painter Paul Maes. Together they undertook numerous journeys which included Italy and the South of France. Although Ramah did not belong to the Flemish Expressionist group he was admitted to ‘their’ gallery, Le Centaure, in Brussels; indeed he held many exhibitions there.
| Artist |
Ramah
RKD
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|---|---|
| Title | The Painter |
| Date | ca. 1922 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Ramah |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1960-G |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1960-G |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2653/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H113
(high) hill
Iconclass
25H12 dale, valley Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 48C5142 picture within picture Iconclass 48C5151 easel Iconclass 48CC5110 inspiration of the painter - CC - out of doors Iconclass 48CC5112 working situations ~ painter - CC - out of doors Iconclass 61B2(RAEMAEKERS, Henri) historical person (RAEMAEKERS, Henri) Iconclass 61B2(RAMAH) historical person (RAMAH) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
AAT
Modernist AAT |
| Ramah / Philippe Roberts-Jones. - Brussel : Meddens, 1968 (p. 9, cat. 13 (ill.)) |
| 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. 237-239, cat. 65) |
| [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (dl. II, p. 270-271 (ill.)) |
| Grenoble 1927 : Een panorama van de Belgische kunst (tentoonstelling Drogenbos, FeliXart Museum, 29.01.2012 - 27.05.2012) / Céline De Potter, Hélène Vincent, Norbert Bandier. - Drogenbos : Felixart Museum, 2012 |
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