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Portrait of the Artist Anna De Weert, 1899

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 120.5 x 131 cm
  • Inv. 1950-AG

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Anna De Weert was a private pupil of Emile Claus. In the painting she is sitting in a rowing boat on the River Lys holding a pencil and sketchbook. Apart from the portrait, the river also plays an important part in the painting. There are no recognisable features in the landscape however, which makes it difficult to pinpoint the exact location where it was painted. The painting was probably done in the vicinity of Villa Rayon de soleil, Claus’ house on the banks of the River Lys in Astene near Deinze. On the other hand he might have painted it in the vicinity of hof ter Neuve in Afsnee, which lay downstream in the direction of Ghent. From the mid-1890s onwards De Weert spent the summer months in this studio together with her husband Maurice De Weert, a liberal politician from Ghent.

Artist

Emile Claus RKD VIAF Wikidata
Sint-Eloois-Vijve 1849 - Astene 1924
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Title Portrait of the Artist Anna De Weert
Date 1899
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom left: Emile Claus / 1899
inscription and signature on the reverse: Mde maurice De Weerdt / September / 1899 / E.C.
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1950-AG
Acquisition credit gift
De Weert-Cogen, Anna (coll.)
Ghent
1950
Current whereabouts Work on loan
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2202/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015637 portraits AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H21 water course Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
25H217 river bank Iconclass
300015636 landscapes AAT
31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
48B12 working situations of artist Iconclass
48B121 artist (in general) making preliminary designs, sketching Iconclass
48B13 artist's model, sitter Iconclass
48CC5110 inspiration of the painter - CC - out of doors Iconclass
61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman Iconclass
61BB2(ANNA DE WEERT) historical person (ANNA DE WEERT) - BB - woman Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
61D(LYS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (LYS) Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
Luminist (Belgian style and movement) 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. 102-103 (ill.))
Emile Claus and Belgian Impressionism (exhibition Himeji City Museum of Art, 20.04 - 26.05.2013 ; Tokyo Station Gallery, 08.06 - 15.07.2013 ; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, 26.07 - 25.08.2013 ... et al.) / Johan De Smet, Akira Tomita. - Kobe : The Kobe Shimbun, 2013
Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (cat. 35 (ill. p. 56))
Wandelgids : MSK in Gent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2022 (p. 76)
Walking guide : MSK in Ghent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2022
Guide de promenade : MSK à Gand / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts Gand, 2022
Het Kunstuur 5 (tentoonstelling Mechelen, Heilige Geestkapel en Heilige Geesthuis, 16.12.2022 - 30.06.2023) / Frank Van Laecke, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Hans Bourlon, Joost Bourlon, Wouter Verhulst. - Mechelen : Degroof-Petercam, 2022 (pp.54-55)
Het Kunstuur 4 (tentoonstelling Mechelen, Heilige Geestkapel en Heilige Geesthuis, 13.05 - 30.11.2022) / Frank Van Laecke, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Hans Bourlon, Joost Bourlon, Wouter Verhulst. - Mechelen : Degroof-Petercam, 2022
onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 207, cat. 234 (ill.))
Het Kunstuur 6 (tentoonstelling Mechelen, Heilige Geestkapel en Heilige Geesthuis, 13.10.2023 - 31.05.2024) / Frank Van Laecke, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Hans Bourlon, Joost Bourlon, Wouter Verhulst. - Mechelen : Degroof-Petercam, 2023
Het Kunstuur Hasselt 2 (tentoonstelling Hasselt, Historisch Stadhuis, 08.09.2023 - 14.04.2024) / Frank Van Laecke, Dirk Van Vaerenbergh, Hans Bourlon, Joost Bourlon, Wouter Verhulst. - Mechelen : Degroof-Petercam, 2023 ; Hasselt : Stad Hasselt, 2023
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