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Winter Landscape with Sunset

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 95 x 164.8 cm
  • Inv. 1942-S

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One of Gustave Den Duyts favourite themes is the city. In his paintings, however, he will rarely depict the centre but always the outskirts, the landscape that surrounds the city. The city is almost always visible in a church tower in the background. Or its proximity is suggested in the often oppressive atmosphere of the work. Den Duyts' melancholy painting is also evident in his preference for snow scenes, or rainy weather. In Winter Landscape, the morning or evening sun barely breaks through the heavy cloud cover. In the central plan, a number of rural houses and farms can be seen, surrounded by snow-covered fields and meadows. A row of pollard willows and a fence break up the panorama. The paint is applied with short, nervous strokes, giving the whole an impressionistic character. The melancholy character is put into perspective by the clever lighting effects in the clouds and the reflection of the sunlight on the snow in the foreground of the canvas.

Artist

Gustave Den Duyts RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1850 - Brussels 1897
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Title Winter Landscape with Sunset
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: Gustave Den Duyts
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1942-S
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1942
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1942-S
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/1546/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 25H landscapes Iconclass
Keywords Iconclass 22C light Iconclass
22C8 shadow Iconclass
22C9 darkness Iconclass
23D41 winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa) Iconclass
23E41 winter ~ human activities (the four seasons of the year) Iconclass
24A2 sunset Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25G31 shrubs Iconclass
25H landscapes Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H17 meadow, pasture Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
26D1 snow Iconclass
26D4 ice ~ freezing weather Iconclass
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
41A54 fence, wall, paling Iconclass
46A222 rural life Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
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. 145 (ill.))
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