Pierre Paulus was the leading illustrator of the industrial world of Wallonia. From 1906 he worked almost exclusively in the surroundings of Charleroi, where he depicted the mines, the factories and the canals with their heavy cargo boats. His style of painting is similar to that of such Brabant Fauvists as Rik Wouters and Auguste Oleffe, both of whom he knew from his childhood years. However, his palette is more sombre and heavy with melancholy. His industrial landscapes do not portray the triumph of industry populated with heroic workers but the depression of a grey world enveloped in clouds of smoke, whose power is fading and where poverty prevails.
Artist |
Pierre Paulus
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Title | Snow-covered Bascule Bridge |
Period | 20th century |
Location | Brussels TGN |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: P. Paulus |
inscription on the reverse: Pont Levis / (neige) / Pierre Paulus / Bruxelles | |
Collection | paintings AAT |
Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
Inventory number | 1928-AR |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1928-AR |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1113/manifest.json |
Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015571
cityscapes (representations)
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25H landscapes Iconclass |
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Keywords Iconclass |
23D41
winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa)
Iconclass
25D32 miner Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H22 canal Iconclass 26D1 snow Iconclass 36B environmental destruction Iconclass 36B1 environmental pollution Iconclass 41B162 smoke Iconclass 46C112 bridge Iconclass 46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass 46C223 harbour Iconclass 46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass 46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass 46C256 freight vessel Iconclass 47A1 exterior of industrial structures, factories Iconclass 47A12 factory-building Iconclass 47A121 smoke-stack Iconclass |
School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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Modernist AAT |
Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 116) |
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. 257 (ill.)) |
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