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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| Title | Fishing Village |
| Date | 1918 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | linocuts (prints) AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right, outside the depiction: Gustave De Smet |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | linocuts (prints) AAT |
| Inventory number | 2010-E-10 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Sabine Deinze 2010 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2010-E-10 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5970/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300236227 townscapes (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
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25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass 25I241 village street Iconclass 31A221 head (human) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 43C128 fisherman Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 47D31 windmill Iconclass 47K1 sea and coastal fishery 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. 503) |
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