Gustave De Smet often produces a well-reasoned art in which the structural composition prevails over the impulsive element. But at the end of the 1930s his drawing became more vague, agitated and sketchy. In a 1940 interview, he spoke about this newly-acquired freedom: ‘I am more independent of the motif now, and I can concentrate more fully on my passion for colour: painting for the sake of painting itself.’ This landscape, with its intense and spontaneous brushwork and sharp contrasts of light and dark is a striking example of his work in that period.
| Artist |
Gustave De Smet
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| Title | Landscape |
| Date | ca. 1940 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Gust. De Smet |
| inscription on the reverse: Mme Moenaert M van Waesberghe Peperstraat | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1994-G |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1997 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1994-G |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3961/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G3
trees
Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 25H18 cultivated land Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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Modernist 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. 304-305 (ill.)) |
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