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Seascape at Blankenberge, 1871

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 84 x 122 cm
  • Inv. 1908-A

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Louis Artan played an important role in the development of Belgian seascape painting. He broke away from the artificial methods of working of his predecessors and with an open view studied the North Sea in all its facets. He attached great importance to painting outdoors and constantly attempted to depict the ever-changing nature of the sea. He also preferred sombre seascapes under skies filled with dark clouds. The North Sea at Blankenberge illustrates this study of the atmospheric effects of nature.

Artist

Louis Artan de Saint-Martin RKD
The Hague 1837 - Oostduinkerke 1890
painters (artists)AAT

Title Seascape at Blankenberge
Date 1871
Period 19th century
Location Blankenberge TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings Signature, location and year bottom left: ARTAN / Blankenberghe. 71
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1908-A
Acquisition credit purchase
Lupsin, Pierre
Brussels
1908
Current whereabouts Work on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/461/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300117546 seascapes AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
22 natural phenomena Iconclass
22C light Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass
24F firmament, sky Iconclass
25F3 birds Iconclass
25F37 shore-birds and wading-birds Iconclass
25F37(GULL) shore-birds and wading-birds: gull Iconclass
25F37(SEA-GULL) shore-birds and wading-birds (SEA-GULL) Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H13 coast Iconclass
25H133 beach Iconclass
25H1332 mud flat Iconclass
25H13812 groyne ~ breakwater Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass
25H2311 wave Iconclass
25H2322 sea Iconclass
25H2322(NORTH SEA) sea (NORTH SEA) Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
31A277 movement in water Iconclass
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
47K1 sea and coastal fishery Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
61E(BLANKENBERGE) names of cities and villages (BLANKENBERGE) 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. 18)
Louis Artan de Saint-Martin (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
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. 52-53 (ill.))
Beaufort03 : Kunst aan zee ; Triënnale voor Hedendaagse Kunst (tentoonstelling 'Beaufort Outside', Belgische Kust ; 'Beaufort Inside' - Herinneringen - kunstenaars aan de Belgische kust van 1830 tot 1958, Oostende, PMMK, 28.03 - 04.10.2009) / Phillip Van den Bossche, Jan Moeyaert, Colette Castermans, Rita Vanden Bossche, Sylvie De Coster, Els Vermeersch, Els Milh. - Gent : Borgerhoff & Lamberigts We Publish, 2009
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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