The French artist Albert Marquet painted numerous river and harbour views. In the summer of 1920, he visited La Rochelle on the Atlantic Ocean. He depicted the port of the picturesque town from various angles with a few sharp brushstrokes. In the painting, we see the bay with the Quai Duperré in the foreground. A few barrels and packages seem to have just been unloaded or are waiting to be loaded onto a moored ship. In the background, behind the harbour, is the city with the medieval tower rising above the roofs. Striking, within the subdued and sober palette, are the subtle colour contrasts that enliven the painting.
| Artist |
Albert Marquet
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| Title | The Port of La Rochelle |
| Date | ca. 1920 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | La Rochelle TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: marquet |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1925-R |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1925 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1925-R |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1069/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q712
church (exterior)
Iconclass
25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta' Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask Iconclass 46C223 harbour Iconclass 46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass 46C22341 dock crane Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 46C25 steamship, motorship Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass 61E(LA ROCHELLE) names of cities and villages (LA ROCHELLE) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogue du Musée des Beaux-Arts : II: Maîtres Modernes / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gand : Ville de Gand, 1930 ; Gand : Imprimerie E. Heuvelmans, 1930 (p. 87) |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 101-102) |
| Maitres de l'Art Contemporain (exposition Tournai, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 22.9 - 21.10.1956). - Tournai : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, 1956 (p. 10, nr. 50) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 152-154, nr. 40) |
| The Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent : Modernism in Belgian Art ; from Neo-classicism to Surrealism (exhibition Kagawa, Takamatsu City Museum of Art,15 April - 29 May 2005 ; Setagaya Art Museum, 11 June - 4 September 2005 ; Iwaki City Art Museum, 10 September - 23 October 2005 ; Saitama, The Museum of Modern Art, 29 October - 25 December 2005) / Robert Hoozee, Bruno Fornari, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Ruth Monteyne. - Tokyo : The Japan Association of Art Museums, 2005 (p. 134, nr. 98) |
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