Edgard Tytgat portrayed several children, though their names are not known. Nor do we know who the model for this girl in The Last Doll was. She has a melancholy air, and of course the ‘last doll’ signifies a farewell to childhood. The unaffected simplicity and purity of children beguiled Tytgat. We also see this simplicity and a certain awkwardness in his way of painting and drawing, which has some affinity with popular illustrations and children’s drawings. Although in about 1924 Tytgat was admitted to the circle of Flemish expressionists associated with the magazine Sélection, he retained this characteristically rather naive style of drawing and painting.
| Artist |
Edgard Tytgat
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| Title | The Last Doll |
| Date | 1923 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Brussels TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: EdgardTytgat. / 1923 |
| inscription bottom right: 123 | |
| inscription on the back of the canvas: LA DERNIERE POUPEE / PAR EDGARD TYTGAT / ENREGISTREE 123 / EdgardTytgat / BRUX 1923 AVRIL | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1957-O |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1957-O |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2472/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300124520 interior views AAT 300055865 Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31AA235
sitting figure - AA - female human figure
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31D120 Youth, Adolescence, 'Iuventus'; 'Adolescenza', 'Gioventu' (Ripa) Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass 41E still life of miscellaneous objects Iconclass 43C7 children's games and plays Iconclass 43C74 child in environment and time Iconclass 43C78 (playing with) toys Iconclass 43C7871 (playing with) dolls Iconclass 48C8551 puppet Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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phantasy Modernist AAT |
| 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. 326-327 (ill.)) |
| Edgard Tytgat : Herinnering aan een geliefd venster (tentoonstelling Leuven, M-Museum Leuven, 08.12.2017 - 08.04.2018) / Peter Carpreau, Gust Van den Berghe, Klara Rowaert. - Leuven : M (Leuven), 2017 ; Gent : Ludion, 2017 (p. 106-107, nr. 39) |
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