Gustave De Smet painted several portraits of himself together with his wife. In 1927 the couple still lived in Deurle, a village on the River Lys. Here the low tower of the Romanesque church in Deurle is also recognisable in the schematic portrayal of the landscape. The scene is constructed as a puzzle of coloured geometrical shapes and concrete elements such as the figures themselves and the stylised vase of flowers. This approach is typical of De Smet’s work between 1926 and 1928. The artist often created several versions of the same subject. He also painted a version of this portrait in oils.
| Artist |
Gustave De Smet
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| Title | The Artist and his Wife in the Moonlight (Us in Deurle) |
| Date | ca. 1927 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: G.ust. DeSmet |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type |
oil paintings (visual works)
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gouache AAT pencil drawings AAT |
| Inventory number | 1956-AR |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Veranneman, Emiel Courtrai 1956 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1956-AR |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2419/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300236227
townscapes (representations)
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11Q712
church (exterior)
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22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C9 darkness Iconclass 23R14 night Iconclass 24B moon as celestial body Iconclass 24B2 full moon Iconclass 24B6 moonlight Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 25I241 village street Iconclass 25I2411 village lane, alley Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass 41A722 couch, sofa, settee Iconclass 41A723 bench Iconclass 48A9815 ornament ~ starforms Iconclass 48C512 painter in non-work situation Iconclass 48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(GUSTAVE DE SMET) historical person (GUSTAVE DE SMET) Iconclass 61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2(GUSTA DE SMET) historical person (GUSTA DE SMET) - BB - woman Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass 61E(DEURLE) names of cities and villages (DEURLE) Iconclass 61E(LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) names of cities and villages (LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) Iconclass 61F(SAINT ALDEGONDIS' CHURCH) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SAINT ALDEGONDIS' CHURCH) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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Modernist AAT |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 16) |
| 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. 61 (ill. p. 85)) |
| The Routledge Companion to Expressionism in a Transnational Context / Isabel Wünsche, András Zwickl, Torben Jelsbak, Cathérine Verleysen, Marko Jenko, Maria Frick. - New York City : Routledge, 2019 (p. 325) |
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