Early in his career, Ghent painter Edgar Bytebier was influenced by Albert Baertsoen. Around 1900, Baertsoen was the quintessential painter of Ghent cityscapes. The kinship with Baertsoen's melancholic canal views is evident in Bytebier's predilection for 'banal', not very picturesque city corners, the sought-after perspective, the attention to reflection and the sketchy representation of bank elements in the water, the subdued colour and the use of only a few light sources that give the whole a fairy-like atmosphere.
| Artist |
Edgar Bytebier
RKD
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| Title | The Vleeshuisbrug in Ghent |
| Date | 1906 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Ghent TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Edgar Bytebier |
| signature et inscription on the reverse: Edgar Bytebier / COIN SUR LA LYS / à Gand / 12/12/1906 | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1975-M |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Bytebier, Carmen Dilbeek 1975 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1975-M |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3076/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41B33 lantern Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Iconclass 61E(GHENT) names of cities and villages (GHENT) Iconclass 61F(PONT DE LA BOUCHERIE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PONT DE LA BOUCHERIE) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
realism (artistic form of expression)
AAT
intimist AAT |
| 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. 92-93 (ill.)) |
| Wandelgids : MSK in Gent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2022 (p. 52 (boven)) |
| Walking guide : MSK in Ghent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2022 |
| Guide de promenade : MSK à Gand / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts Gand, 2022 |
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