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 | Potato Diggers |
| 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-6 |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Taevernier, Sabine Deinze 2010 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2010-E-6 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5966/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
24A
sun as celestial body
Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA233 kneeling figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 46A14 farmers Iconclass 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife Iconclass 47I14 harvest Iconclass 47I141 reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest 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. 498) |
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