In Expressionism, the woodcut is as important a means of expression as painting and sculpture. The technique forces the artist to a powerful drawing without sensitive nuances, to essential contrasts without colour shading. A number of artists, such as Jozef Cantré (1890-1957), Gustave De Smet (1877-1943) and Frits Van den Berghe (1883-1939) prefer linoleum, a material that is easier to work with. Their designs are strongly influenced by German Expressionism. Only about ten linocuts by Van den Berghe are known. The wood- and linocuts by De Smet, nineteen in all, are mostly based on his own paintings.
| Artist |
Gustave De Smet
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VIAF
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| Title | Potato Digger or The Farmer |
| Date | 1918 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | linocuts (prints) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right, outside the depiction: Gustave De Smet |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | linocuts (prints) AAT |
| Inventory number | 2010-E-16 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Sabine Deinze 2010 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2010-E-16 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5976/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H1
landscapes in the temperate zone
Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 41C651 potatoes Iconclass 41D2333 wooden shoes, clogs Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 47I14 harvest Iconclass 47I141 reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest Iconclass 47I15(PITCHFORK) agricultural implements: pitchfork Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
AAT
Modernist AAT |
| Gust. De Smet : Kroniek - Kunsthistorische analyse ; De ontwikkeling van een Vlaams kunstenaar tussen 1891 en 1943 in relatie tot de nationale en internationale vernieuwing in de schilderkunst ; Met een beschrijvende, volledig geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn schilderijen, tekeningen en grafisch werk / Piet Boyens. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1989 (nr. 507) |
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