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Dutch Family, ca. 1894

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 141 x 109.5 cm
  • Inv. 1894-B

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Walter Mac Ewen studied in Europe from 1877 onwards, first at the academy in Munich and later in Paris. In imitation of other American artists he then moved to the Netherlands, where he rented a studio for many years. He exhibited his work regularly at the Salons in Belgium and was officially recognised as a painter by them. His popularity in Belgium is illustrated by the purchase, in 1895, of the painting, Dutch Family, which was also the first time the Belgian state had bought a painting by an American artist. The painting depicts the interior of a family home in Overijssel. The painting also shows the influence of Dutch art on Mac Ewen. Particularly striking are traces of the Hague School, seen in the subdued colours and the play of light and dark in the background.

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Walter Mac Ewen RKD
Chicago 1860 - Paris 1943
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Title Dutch Family
Date ca. 1894
Period 19th century
Location Netherlands TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom left: W. MAC-EWEN.
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1894-B
Acquisition credit long-term loan
Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Brussels
1895
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/280/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
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31A242 head turned sideways Iconclass
31A2421 head turned to the left Iconclass
31A2422 head turned to the right Iconclass
31A247 looking over the shoulder Iconclass
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31B6213 looking sideways Iconclass
32B311(DUTCH) Europeans (DUTCH) Iconclass
41A711 table Iconclass
41A721 chairs (furniture forms) Iconclass
41C1 eating and drinking Iconclass
41C12 drinking Iconclass
41C321 cup Iconclass
41C332 coffee-pot Iconclass
41C7211 cup of coffee Iconclass
42B74 family group, especially parents with their child(ren) Iconclass
42B741 father and child(ren), man and child(ren) (family group) Iconclass
42B742 mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group) Iconclass
42G family, relationship, descent Iconclass
42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass
42G2112 mother (first degree family relationships) Iconclass
42G2122 daughter (first degree family relationships) Iconclass
61B113 anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait Iconclass
61D(NETHERLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (NETHERLANDS) Iconclass
School / Style naturalism (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. 98)
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. 75, 80 (ill.), 194 (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. 224-225 (ill.))
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