In 1853, the year that this rocky landscape in Marche-les-Dames was created, François Lamorinière visited Barbizon and the forest of Fontainebleau. Together with Alfred de Knyff and the brothers Xavier and César De Cock, he is one of the first Belgian artists to paint in the open air there. Nevertheless, Lamorinière would never adhere to pleinairism, in the sense that he does not feel attracted to depicting the atmospheric effect of light and air. Lamorinière rather aims for a realistic approach to the landscape. Through a direct study of nature, he can arrive at a more detailed and more realistic painting. Lamorinière therefore stands apart in Belgian landscape painting. He is less oriented towards the French examples and, following the example of Henri Leys, more inspired by the 16th-century Flemish and German artists. Hence, the detail realism and the austere design, which, compared to the innovative artistic tendencies, make an archaic impression on his contemporaries.
| Artist |
François Lamorinière
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| Title | Mountainous Landscape at Marche-les-Dames |
| Date | 1853 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Marche-les-Dames TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: FLamorinière / L. 1853. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1853-B |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1853 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1853-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/166/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
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natural phenomena
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22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 25G41(WILDFLOWER) flowers (WILDFLOWER) Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H113 (high) hill Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 41A12 castle Iconclass 46C11 road, path Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass 61E(MARCHE-LES-DAMES) names of cities and villages (MARCHE-LES-DAMES) Iconclass 61F(ARENBERG CASTLE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (ARENBERG CASTLE) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 91) |
| 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. 210-211 (ill.)) |
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