Alfred Verwee preferred to work in the vicinity of Knokke-Heist and nearly always painted animals in the flat polder landscape. Characteristic of his realistic work as a whole is the way he depicted the animals, mainly cattle, in a special way that was very tangible and true to life. In Two Young Bulls Fighting this approach even assumes a heroic nature. Verwee liked to use pure colours and a clear light and he can also be regarded as a predecessor of Belgian impressionism.
| Artist |
Alfred Verwee
RKD
Wikidata
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| Title | Two Young Bulls Fighting |
| Date | 1883 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signature and year centre below: Alfred Verwee 1883 |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1883-M |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
salon Ghent 1883 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1883-M |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/245/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015636
landscapes
AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F
animals
Iconclass
25F(+536) animals (+ lying animal) Iconclass 25F1 groups of animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 25F3 birds Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H17 meadow, pasture Iconclass 25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 41A17 farm (building) Iconclass 43C39612 fight between animals, e.g. a lion and a bear Iconclass 47I21 cattle Iconclass 47I2111 bull Iconclass 47I2112 cow Iconclass 61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass |
| School / Style | realism (artistic form of expression) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 150) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 219 (ill.)) |
| 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. 342-343 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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