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Winter (Girls in the Snow)

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 71 x 93 cm
  • Inv. 1941-D

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Together with Vincent van Gogh, George Hendrik Breitner was one of the most unusual and innovative Dutch painters of the end of the nineteenth century. A recurring theme in his work is Amsterdam in the evening, mist or rain, and is usually depicted in sombre tones of ochre, brown and grey. He preferred to paint working-class figures, labourers at work or people walking in the street. His loose, sketchy style of painting appears to be intuitive and is often restless and almost aggressive. Breitner was one of the first artists to work with the aid of photography. Consequently, this often gave the impression, as in this winter scene, that his compositions are based on random snapshots.

Artist

George Hendrik Breitner RKD
Rotterdam 1857 - Amsterdam 1923
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Title Winter (Girls in the Snow)
Period 19th century
20th century
Location Amsterdam TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom left: G. H. Breitner
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1941-D
Acquisition credit purchase
Van der Perre, Paul
Brussels
1941
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1941-D
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7902/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 23D41 winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa) Iconclass
23E41 winter ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year) Iconclass
23F41 winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year) Iconclass
25I141 street Iconclass
26D1 snow Iconclass
26D4 ice ~ freezing weather Iconclass
26D5 severe winters Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass
41D222(SCARF) neck-gear ~ clothing (SCARF) Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
Georges Breitner (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
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. 125-127, cat. 31)
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. 83 (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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