The title Edgard Tytgat gave this painting was taken from one of the two tapestries he had made for the exhibition of decorative art in Paris in 1937. In the cartoon we see an idyllic landscape near the sea with two nude women dancing and a musician. The poetic line we see at the bottom of the design later inspired Tytgat to paint this mildly erotic work with five nude women frolicking in the waves. The title is written along the bottom of the painting too, which is quite exceptional, although we see it more commonly in his watercolours.
| Artist |
Edgard Tytgat
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| Title | Women's Grace Is Like the Waves |
| Date | 1949 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: EdgardTytgat / 1949 |
| inscription below: La souplesse des femmes est comme celle des flots | |
| inscription on the reverse: N° 477 / JUIN 1949 F30 / La souplesse des Femmes est comme / celle des Flots / A.C.L. B | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1950-G |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1950-G |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2155/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300056485 fantastic art AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
25H133 beach Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25H2311 wave Iconclass 25H2322 sea Iconclass 31A2773 swimming (movement in water) Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2772 bathing (movement in water) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2773 swimming (movement in water) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2774 floating (movement in water) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2775 diving (movement in water) - AA - female human figure Iconclass |
| School / Style |
naive art
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phantasy |
| 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. 328-329 (ill.)) |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (cat. 64 (ill. p. 89)) |
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