In his debut years, Leon De Smet, Gustave's younger brother, underwent the influence of Emile Claus. He tried to capture the vibrant light in Claus' panoramic landscapes in an early work like Landscape at Latem. It is one of the first landscapes the artist painted in and around Sint-Martens-Latem. The emphasis here is not so much on a recognisable rendering of reality, but on the atmospheric influence of light. A muted, golden sun glow enhances the melancholic atmosphere of the canvas. This painting is one of the first landscape views De Smet made in and around the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem.
| Artist |
Leon De Smet
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| Title | Landscape at Sint-Martens-Latem |
| Date | 1905 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Sint-Martens-Latem TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year bottom right: LEON DE SMET 1905 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 2001-I |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
De Vriendt-Mores, Roza Ghent 2001 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2001-I |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4797/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22
natural phenomena
Iconclass
22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 24A81 sunbeams Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H18 cultivated land Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 46A222 rural life Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass 61E(LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) names of cities and villages (LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Impressionist (style)
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Luminist (Belgian style and movement) AAT |
| Leon De Smet (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| 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. 82-84, cat. 17) |
| 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. 306-307 (ill.)) |
| Emile Claus and Belgian Impressionism (exhibition Himeji City Museum of Art, 20.04 - 26.05.2013 ; Tokyo Station Gallery, 08.06 - 15.07.2013 ; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, 26.07 - 25.08.2013 ... et al.) / Johan De Smet, Akira Tomita. - Kobe : The Kobe Shimbun, 2013 |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (cat. 41 (ill. p. 63)) |
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