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Quay in Antwerp, 1873

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 40.7 x 66.2 cm
  • Inv. 1931-A

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Louis Artan (1837-1890) is the quintessential painter of the North Sea. He was the first to break completely with the anecdotal and conventional marine painting of his time. He left out all incidental matters and, like Hippolyte Boulenger, was fascinated by dramatic effects and extreme weather conditions. Artan paints in a rich paint material, with an evocative, sketchy touch. He develops a direct and virtuoso technique, with which he manages to express the changing moods and the view of the sea in all its facets.

Artist

Louis Artan de Saint-Martin RKD
The Hague 1837 - Oostduinkerke 1890
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Title Quay in Antwerp
Date 1873
Period 19th century
Location Antwerp TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom left: ARTAN 73
inscription at the top on a cardboard sheet: Don - Gift / Les Amis du Musée / De Vrienden van het Museum
inscription at the bottom on a cardboard sheet: ARTAN
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1931-A
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1931
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1172/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
22C light Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass
24F firmament, sky Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta' Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
46C21 ships (in general) Iconclass
46C215(MAST) parts of ship's exterior: mast Iconclass
46C223 harbour Iconclass
46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
46C25 steamship, motorship Iconclass
46C256 freight vessel Iconclass
61D(SCHELDT) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (SCHELDT) Iconclass
61E(ANTWERP) names of cities and villages (ANTWERP) 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. 18)
Louis Artan de Saint-Martin (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
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. 52-53 (ill.))
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021
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