Back from the Fields or Farmer on an Ox-cart is a typical work of Hubert Malfait’s early period. Its composition in sharply-defined planes, sober colours and extreme simplification of form reveal the influence of both Cubism and Expressionism. Malfait lived in Astene on the River Lys and, like Constant Permeke, Gustave De Smet and Frits Van den Berghe, he sought his subjects in the daily lives of the farmers around him. He was one of a generation of younger artists whose work was influenced by Flemish Expressionism.
| Artist |
Hubert Malfait
RKD
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| Title | Back from the Fields or Farmer on an Ox-Cart |
| Date | ca. 1925 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: HMalfait |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1950-X |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1950-X |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2250/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
23K3(+4)
the months of the third quarter of the year ~ human activities (the 'labours' of July, August and September) (+ with scenes showing human occupations ~ seasons and months)
Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H18 cultivated land Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46C14 animal traction, animal-drawn vehicle (carriage etc.) Iconclass 46C142 two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle Iconclass 46C145 (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart Iconclass 47I1431 hay-cock Iconclass 47I2111 bull Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
AAT
Early Netherlandish Modernist AAT |
| Hubert Malfait : Oeuvre-catalogus / Piet Vanrobaeys, Solange Malfait. - Tielt : Uitgeverij Lannoo, 1986 (p. 101, cat. 41 (ill.)) |
| 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. 254-256, cat. 71 (ill.)) |
| 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. 228-229 (ill.)) |
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