Henri-Victor Wolvens was one of the group of painters who, after the Second World War, sought a synthesis of Expressionism and the intimate realism practised by many Flemish painters in the 1930s and ‘40s. Wolvens had a penchant for simple, trite subjects from his immediate surroundings. In addition to portraits and views of nature and the town, he repeatedly depicted the sea and the beach on the Belgian coast. His paintings are characterised by the use of thick masses of paint and forceful brushwork. However, his vivid colours enabled him to achieve a lightness that captures the atmosphere of a summer day at the coast exceptionally well.
| Artist |
Henri Victor Wolvens
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| Title | Shadows on the Beach |
| Date | 1953 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: HV Wolvens |
| year bottom left: 1953 | |
| inscription on the back of the canvas: ombres sur le sable | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1957-B |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1957-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2453/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300117546
seascapes
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H133 beach Iconclass 25H1332 mud flat Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25H2311 wave Iconclass 25H2322 sea Iconclass 25H2322(NORTH SEA) sea (NORTH SEA) Iconclass 41A housing Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 43C71511 shadow pictures (~ hand games) Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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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. 369 (ill.)) |
| Van het atelier naar de kust : Knocke & Heyst, 1880-1940 (tentoonstelling Knokke, Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, 20.10.2012 - 13.01.2013) / Danny Lannoy, Frieda Devinck, Thérèse Thomas. - Oostkamp : Stichting Kunstboek, 2012 |
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