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
RKD
VIAF
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| Title | Winter Evening |
| 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-8 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Sabine Deinze 2010 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2010-E-8 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5968/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300236227
townscapes (representations)
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
23D41
winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa)
Iconclass
23E41 winter ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year) Iconclass 25F3 birds Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 26D frost, freezing weather Iconclass 26D1 snow Iconclass 26D5 severe winters Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A17 farm (building) 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. 501) |
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