This harbour scene was painted when Constant Permeke was still very young and we recognise in it several influences. His use of vivid colours tells us that Permeke was very much influenced by Emile Claus’ Luminism. The view of the harbour with quay and sailing boats almost seems to be an excuse for the artist to play with light and colour. The simple geometric composition reminds us of the austere compositions of the neo-impressionists Georges Seurat and Paul Signac and their Belgian followers, including Théo Van Rysselberghe. Finally, the expressive brushstrokes and the emphasis on the rough substance of the paint remind us of James Ensor who, like Permeke, lived in Ostend.
| Artist |
Constant Permeke
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VIAF
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| Title | Ostend Harbour |
| Date | ca. 1913 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Location | Ostend TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram and signature bottom left: CP / Constant Permeke |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-HW |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-HW |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3824/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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seascapes
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300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21D
water (one of the four elements)
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25F animals Iconclass 25F2 mammals Iconclass 25H13811 sea-wall Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass 25H2322 sea Iconclass 25H2322(NORTH SEA) sea (NORTH SEA) Iconclass 43C128 fisherman Iconclass 46C13141 horse Iconclass 46C14 animal traction, animal-drawn vehicle (carriage etc.) Iconclass 46C142 two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C223 harbour Iconclass 46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass 46C2711 seaman Iconclass 47K commercial fishery 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(OSTEND) names of cities and villages (OSTEND) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Impressionist (style) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 117) |
| Het impressionisme en het fauvisme in België = L'impressionisme et le fauvisme en Belgique (tentoonstelling Elsene, Museum van Elsene, 12.10 - 16.12.1990) / Serge Goyens de Heusch. - Elsene (Brussel) : Museum van Elsene, 1990 (p. 176-177, cat. 93 (ill.)) |
| 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. 123, 200 (ill.)) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 117-0119, cat. 29) |
| 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. 260-261 (ill.)) |
| Bonjour Ostende : Oostende in de internationale kunst = Ostende dans l'art international (tentoonstelling Oostende, Venetiaanse Gaanderijen, 15.06 - 15.09.2013) / Xavier Tricot. - Antwerpen : Pandora Publishers, 2013 |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 |
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