Edgard Tytgat liked portraying people he knew, including his wife, family, friends and acquaintances. This is a double portrait of Paul and Luc Haesaerts. These brothers were many-sided characters who engaged in a variety of activities, as architect, director and art critic. Luc studied law, philosophy and history and Paul went to the art academy. Together they made films, founded the Journal des Beaux-Arts magazine and wrote numerous pieces of art criticism. Their most notable joint production was Flandre, a substantial volume on art in Flanders from 1880. The two brothers are here posing seated at a table on which the book is displayed. Tytgat portrayed them here primarily in their capacity as art critics. Next to the book lie several illustrations of his own paintings and of a portrait of Tytgat painted by Paul Hasaerts.
| Artist |
Edgard Tytgat
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| Title | Portrait of the Art Critics Paul and Luc Haesaerts |
| Date | 1932 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Woluwé-Saint-Lambert (Brussels) TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: EdgardTytgat / 1932 |
| inscription bottom left: Flandre | |
| inscription on the reverse: LES FRERES / HAESAERTS par / EDGARD TYTGAT peint / A WOLUWE ST LAMBERT / FEVRIER 1932 / N° 276 | |
| inscription on the reverse: Edgard Tytgat / F50 | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1971-A |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1971-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3005/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A235
sitting figure
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31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 41A3321 closed window Iconclass 41A711 table Iconclass 41C741 pipe ~ tobacco Iconclass 48A2 criticizing and discussing art, art criticism Iconclass 48B11 workshop, studio of the artist (in general) Iconclass 48B13 artist's model, sitter Iconclass 48C51111 studio requisites ~ painter Iconclass 48C5142 picture within picture Iconclass 48C5151 easel Iconclass 49M32 book Iconclass 61B2(LUC HAESAERTS) historical person (LUC HAESAERTS) Iconclass 61B2(PAUL HAESAERTS) historical person (PAUL HAESAERTS) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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naive art AAT 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.)) |
| Kunstenaarsportretten (uit Antwerpen, Brugge en Gent : tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 26 mei - 19 augustus 2007) / Dorine Cardyn-Oomen, Nanny Schrijvers, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Gent : Vlaamse Kunstcollectie, 2007 (p. 44, nr. 43 (ill.)) |
| Valerius de Saedeleer ... achterna / Jozef Bourdeaudhui. - Maarkedal : Heemkundige Kring Businarias, 2014 (p. 194 (ill. 11.24)) |
| Portret in portret in de Nederlandse kunst, 1550-2012 (tentoonstelling Dordrechts Museum, 09.12.2012 - 07.04.2013) / Sabine Craft-Giepmans, Annette De Vries. - Bussum : Uitgeverij THOTH, 2012 |
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