Category: Belgian art

Leon de Smet: Bateaux au port

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Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès: Balinese Maidens in a Garden

“Set in the warm seclusion of the artist’s picturesque home, Le Mayeur reveals his innate ingenuity and practiced familiarity with the vivid harmony of beauty, sunlight and colour. Balinese Maidens in the Garden is a captivating snapshot of the languorous warmth that imbued every corner of the tropical paradise that Le Mayeur created; as three…

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Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès: Temple Festival in Bali

“Temple Festival in Bali deservedly ranks among Le Mayeur’s finest works; offering a rare and comprehensive portrayal of the festive marketplace in front of the village temple on special feast days. The visual structure emphasizes the crowded foreground, using a perspective of concentric circles across the horizontal plane which culminates in the central performance, illuminated…

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Schubert, De Smet, and a Sonata

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Léon de Smet: Piccadilly Circus

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Anthony van Dyck: An Andalusian Horse

“While he was still in his teens, Anthony van Dyck swiftly worked his way up the ranks in Peter Paul Rubens’s studio in Antwerp. Rubens would go on to describe him as ‘the best of my pupils’… aware of the younger man’s love of horses, Rubens gifted one of the finest steeds from his stable…

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George Morren and Tessarini’s Flute Sonatas

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Kings Return: A Change Is Gonna Come

“The present work was originally donated by Henri Le Sidaner to a tombola to raise funds for the establishment of a memorial to his friend, the Belgian painter at the forefront of Luminism Emile Claus. The two met when Claus rented a studio in Paris after 1889 and was introduced to Le Sidaner, prompting a…

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George Morren and Mozart’s Flute Quartets

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George Morren: Le Renouveau

“The dazzling Le Renouveau by the Belgian painter, sculptor and decorative artist George Morren ranks among the most accomplished works of the Neo-Impressionist movement…Shimmering with the light and reflection of the mid-day sun, this springtime scene of a wet nurse with babe-in-arms displays Morren’s talents at their best…Because he was independently wealthy and did not need to sell his…

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Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès: Three Women in the Garden

“Apart from his depiction of lush nature and lithe women, it is his characteristic coloring and the manner in which he applies pigment onto the canvas that truly makes Le Mayeur a renowned artist. In accordance with the habits of an Impressionist painter, Le Mayeur painted outdoors to capture sights bathed in natural light. The…

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Anto Carte: L’Enfant Roi (1919)

“Belgian artist Antoine (Anto) Carte’s works are unique in that they include characteristics of symbolism, naturalism, and expressionism. His subjects are inspired by the lives of laborers such as miners, farmers, and fishermen.The son of a furniture maker and carpenter, he attended the Academy of Mons and Brussels from 1897 to 1908, where he studied…

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Léon de Smet: Coucher de Soleil sur le Village (c.1920)

“The painting dates from the period in which the artist had begun to experiment with burlap, following his move to London in 1914, on the outbreak of World War One. While de Smet’s use of discrete dashes of impasto colour does indeed recall Post-Impressionism, he allows the rough texture of the burlap beneath to ‘breathe’…

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Mitsuko Uchida: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25

“Dating from the period in which Léon de Smet was living in an artists’ commune in Saint-Martens-Latem, in his native Belgium, the present painting displays the influence of French developments in Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist thought on the artist’s work…Particularly pertinent to this canvas is the Impressionist fascination with shadow and half-shadow; their infinite nuances of…

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Anto Carte: l’Effort (1920)

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Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 Es-Dur KV 428

“In ‘Dédé at the table’ the artist’s attention is evenly divided between the girl and her surroundings. The décor, a flowery wall covering and a flowery table cloth obtrude upon us. The feeling of depth has almost disappeared and the strong diagonal line from lower left to upper right is dominant. The still life of…

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Hilary Hahn: Concerto for Violin, BWV 1041 (Bach)

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Anto Carte: Satyr and Nymph (1914)

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Yuan Sheng: Complete Partitas (Bach)

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Leon de Smet: Maria with Flowers

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Happy Birthday, Dear One!

Although you are missed today as every other day, you will always be a part of every lovely landscape. ❤️❤️❤️

Emile Claus: Winter Orchard (1911)

“Go Home Quickly” Emile Claus, a Belgian painter, draughtsman, pastellist, and print-maker, became one of the leading artists in Belgium supporting the movement of “Luminism.”  Influenced by French Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism after viewing the works of Henri Le Sidaner and Claude Monet, Emile Claus changed his painting style to “brighter colors and pleinairisme.” in an…

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