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View of the Surroundings of Dendermonde, 1887

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 171.4 x 186.5 cm
  • Inv. 1914-AS

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In the period 1886-1888, Albert Baertsoen regularly worked in the Dender region and in the Scheldt valley. He was attracted by landscape painters such as Isidoor Meyers and Jacques Rosseels who were active in this region. Although the painting was known for a long time as a view of the Scheldt, it actually shows the Dender, just before the river enters Dendermonde. There exists a postcard of that spot edited by Nels Brussels (series 51 num. 10). Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert titled it in 1910: "FI.1887 Canal à Termonde". Baertsoen derived from their work a preference for tranquil landscapes, in which the subdued colouring creates a strong unity. Baertsoen made it at the age of barely 21. The painting ended up in the collection of the Ghent collector Fernand Scribe, with whom Baertsoen became friends around that time.

Artist

Albert Baertsoen RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1866 - Ghent 1922
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Title View of the Surroundings of Dendermonde
Date 1887
Period 19th century
Location Dendermonde TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom right: AlbertBaertsoen / 87.
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1914-AS
Acquisition credit bequest
Scribe, Fernand
Ghent
1913
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-AS
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/616/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
22C light Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass
22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass
25F3 birds Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
25H217 river bank Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
300015636 landscapes AAT
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C256 freight vessel Iconclass
61D(DENDER) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (DENDER) Iconclass
61E(DENDERMONDE) names of cities and villages (DENDERMONDE) 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. 20)
Albert Baertsoen / Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert. - Bruxelles : Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1910 ; Bruxelles : G. Van Oest & Cie, 1910 (p. 10)
Retrospectieve tentoonstelling Albert Baertsoen 1866-1922 (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 28 oktober 1972 - 7 januari 1973) / Paul Eeckhout. - Gent : Stadsbestuur Gent, 1972 (nr. 2)
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. 91 (ill.), 141 (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. 54-55 (ill.))
Albert Baertsoen : Protagonist van het fin de siècle (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 03.09 -27.11.2022) / René Vermeir, Johan De Smet, Stefan Huygebaert, Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Stephen H. Goddard. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2022 ; Gent : Snoeck, 2022 (p. 77, nr. 2.04)
Albert Baertsoen : Protagoniste fin de siècle (exposition Gand, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 03.09 -27.11.2022) / René Vermeir, Johan De Smet, Stefan Huygebaert, Yann Farinaux-Le Sidaner, Stephen H. Goddard. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2022 ; Gand : Snoeck, 2022 (p. 77, nr. 2.04)
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