Leon de Smet – At Sunnyside – Where Truth and Beauty Meet

Leon de Smet: Bateaux au port

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Schubert, De Smet, and a Sonata

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Léon de Smet: Piccadilly Circus

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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’…

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…

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…