The misery of emigrants and beggars was Eugène Laermans’ favourite subject. His other rural depictions also usually exude a sombre atmosphere. In his vision, even a light-hearted scene with bathers acquires a serious, almost ritualistic character. With their solid forms and heavy outlines the characters have an archetypal quality. Laermans created several versions of Women Bathing; but the composition in two of the paintings is spread more broadly. The composition in this painting was also originally wider: on the lower right of the work we see a seated figure that has been painted over. The painting in Ghent emphasises the monumentality of the figures and the landscape is of little importance to the artist. The rear view of the nude woman is derived from a painting by Jacob Jordaens, The Allegory of Fertility (Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels).
| Artist |
Eugène Laermans
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| Title | Bathing Women |
| Date | ca. 1907 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Eug. Laermans |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1979-J |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Galerie Aktueel Ghent 1979 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1979-J |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3146/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
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25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H21 water course Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 25H217 river bank Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 31A2772 bathing (movement in water) Iconclass 31A54 washing and bathing Iconclass 31A5463 towel Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA2772 bathing (movement in water) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA545 taking a bath - AA - in the open air Iconclass 31AA546 toilet articles ~ washing and bathing - AA - in the open air Iconclass 31D111 infant, baby ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D1121 tot, toddler ~ the ages of man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 31D17 old woman Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 46A222 rural life Iconclass |
| School / Style | naturalism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Eugène Laermans (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| Eugène Laermans 1864-1940 (Tentoonstelling Brussel, Galerie van het Gemeentekrediet, 17.03.1995 - 25.06.1995) / Philippe Roberts-Jones, Jean Puissant, Pierre Baudson, Michel Draguet. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1995 (p. 20) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 270 (ill. 94)) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 141-143, cat. 36) |
| 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. 208-209 (ill.)) |
| Door het oog van de kunstenaar / Frank Joseph Goes. - [s.l.]. - Frank Joseph Goes, 2017 (p.111) |
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