In Expressionism, the woodcut is as important a means of expression as painting and sculpture. The technique forces the artist to a powerful drawing without sensitive nuances, to essential contrasts without colour shading. A number of artists, such as Jozef Cantré (1890-1957), Gustave De Smet (1877-1943) and Frits Van den Berghe (1883-1939) prefer linoleum, a material that is easier to work with. Their designs are strongly influenced by German Expressionism. Only about ten linocuts by Van den Berghe are known. The wood- and linocuts by De Smet, nineteen in all, are mostly based on his own paintings.
| Artist |
Gustave De Smet
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VIAF
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| Title | Potato Digger or The Farmer |
| Date | 1918 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | linocuts (prints) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Gustave De Smet |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | linocuts (prints) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1989-E |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Galerie Sint-John Ghent 1989 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1989-E |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3657/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25H1
landscapes in the temperate zone
Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 41C651 potatoes Iconclass 41D2333 wooden shoes, clogs Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 47I14 harvest Iconclass 47I141 reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest Iconclass 47I15(PITCHFORK) agricultural implements: pitchfork Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
AAT
Modernist AAT |
| Gust. De Smet : Kroniek - Kunsthistorische analyse ; De ontwikkeling van een Vlaams kunstenaar tussen 1891 en 1943 in relatie tot de nationale en internationale vernieuwing in de schilderkunst ; Met een beschrijvende, volledig geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn schilderijen, tekeningen en grafisch werk / Piet Boyens. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1989 (nr. 507) |
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