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Thaw in Ghent, ca. 1902

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 118.5 x 167 cm
  • Inv. 1921-F

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Painters and writers were attracted by the subdued character of Flemish towns. Albert Baertsoen was the leading painter of Ghent townscapes. He sketched a melancholic image of its canals, monuments, industry and poor neighbourhoods. Thawsetting in at Ghent is a good example of his restrained style: a dark and sober palette, an impasto technique and carefully worked-out composition. This painting shows a view of the Quai aux Tilleuls, seen from Baertsoen’s home on the corner of the Coupure. The canvas is unfinished: the grid of straight lines intended to transfer the composition from the preparatory drawing is still visible.

Artist

Albert Baertsoen RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1866 - Ghent 1922
painters (artists)AAT

Title Thaw in Ghent
Date ca. 1902
Period 20th century
Location Ghent TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings monogram bottom right: AB [in monogram, omcirkeld]
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1921-F
Acquisition credit gift
L'OEuvre du jeton de guerre
1921
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1921-F
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/879/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
21D2 ice ~ state of water Iconclass
23D41 winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa) Iconclass
25G3(LINDEN) trees: linden Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H21 water course Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
25H217 river bank Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
26D frost, freezing weather Iconclass
26D1 snow Iconclass
26D4 ice ~ freezing weather Iconclass
26D5 severe winters Iconclass
26D9 thaw Iconclass
26F22 'Pruina', winter weather Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass
31A2711 walking Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31D112 child Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41A143 detached house in city Iconclass
41A144 flat-building, apartment house Iconclass
41A312 rear facade Iconclass
46C112 bridge Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
46C256 freight vessel Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
61D(LYS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (LYS) Iconclass
61E(GHENT) names of cities and villages (GHENT) Iconclass
61F(COUPURE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (COUPURE) Iconclass
61F(LINDENLEI) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (LINDENLEI) Iconclass
61F(VERLOREN KOST) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VERLOREN KOST) 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. 20 (ill.))
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. 30)
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. 144 (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. 44-46, cat. 5)
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. 56-57 (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. 98, nr. 2.31)
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. 98, nr. 2.31)
Patershol te Gent : Jules De Bruycker (1870-1945) en de verbeelding van de stad / Inge Misschaert, Katharina Van Cauteren. - Antwerpen : Kanselarij Phoebus Foundation, 2021 (p. 16, pp. 18-19)
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