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The River Meuse at Anseremme

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 74.4 x 110.4 cm
  • Inv. 1921-C

Public Domain

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The most original Belgian landscape painter of the years 1860-1870 is undoubtedly Hippolyte Boulenger (1837-1874). In the mid-1860s, he came to the fore with a type of landscape that was new to Belgium, impetuously painted, heavily covered in paint and unfinished. The tormented painter seeks refuge in an intense experience of nature. He has a predilection for exceptional weather conditions, such as storms, which still connects him to Romanticism. Depending on his mood, his work ranges from serene, realistic paintings to dramatic compositions that herald expressionism. At the Brussels Salon of 1866, Boulenger jokingly introduced the name 'school of Tervuren' by analogy with the Barbizon school. In this small village in the wooded area south-east of Brussels, Boulenger and several other landscape painters, such as Alphonse Asselberghs and Théodore Baron, often retreated to paint directly from nature.

Artist

Hippolyte Boulenger RKD VIAF RKD
Tournai 1837 - Brussels 1874
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Title The River Meuse at Anseremme
Period 19th century
Location Anseremme TGN
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1921-C
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1920
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1921-C
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/870/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015636 landscapes AAT
300236227 townscapes (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
22 natural phenomena Iconclass
25G11 groups of trees Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H114 low hill country Iconclass
25H15 forest, wood Iconclass
25H21 water course Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
25H217 river bank Iconclass
25I2 village Iconclass
25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
300015636 landscapes AAT
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
61D(ARDENNES) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (ARDENNES) Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
61D(MEUSE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (MEUSE) Iconclass
61E(ANSEREMME) names of cities and villages (ANSEREMME) Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
School of Tervueren
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 31)
Hippolyte Boulenger (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
Hippolyte Boulenger / Paul Lambotte. - Bruxelles : Editions des "Cahiers de Belgique", 1931 (ill. 25 [La Meuse près de Waulsort])
Hippolyte Boulenger / Gustave Vanzype. - Antwerpen : De Sikkel, 1949 (p. 15 (ill. 9))
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. 78-79 (ill.))
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