Like Constant Permeke, Frits van den Berghe and Gustave de Smet, the sculptor and engraver Jozef Cantré (1886-1952) studied at the Ghent Academy. Initially, Cantré's sculptures show the influence of George Minne and Constantin Meunier. From 1918 to 1930, Cantré stays in exile in the Netherlands (Blaricum and Oosterwijk). He worked there in 'taille directe', directly in wood or stone, in a constructive expressionist style. In 1930 he returned to Belgium and settled near Ghent. Influenced by the general neorealist trend in the years before the Second World War, Cantré evolves towards a synthesis between geometric simplification and dynamic realism.
| Artist |
Jozef Cantré
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| Title | Bust of the Author Karel van de Woestijne |
| Date | ca. 1935 - 1936 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Medium and support | patination AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right on the side of the sculpture: Jozef Cantré |
| Collection | sculpture AAT |
| Object type | gypsum AAT |
| Inventory number | 1952-I |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
Cantré, Jozef 1952 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1952-I |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2314/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
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300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31B6231
lips pressed together
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31D14 adult man Iconclass 48C24(+32) piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ sculpture) Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(VAN DE WOESTIJNE, Karel) historical person (VAN DE WOESTIJNE, Karel) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
Expressionist (style)
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Modernist AAT |
| Jozef Cantré : beeldhouwer & houtsnijder ; de expressionistische jaren (tentoonstelling Deinze, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, 23.09.2017 - 07.01.2018) / Peter J.H. Pauwels. - Gent : Peter J.H. Pauwels, 2017 (p. 290-291 (ill.; ex. MUDEL, Deinze)) |
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