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Dutch Canal at Night, ca. 1879

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 76.5 x 124 cm
  • Inv. 1952-AC

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In Guillaume Vogels' Dutch Canal at Night, the influence of the avant-garde is present. After a period of painterly experimentation, Vogels achieves greater self-confidence. The colour palette, however, remains very subdued. Except for some small light accents, it is all about grey tones. In the foreground, a cargo ship can be seen on a canal in an urban environment. The top of the canvas is a subtle play of light impressions on an almost closed cloud cover. Typical of Birds is the simple but effective composition, the minimisation of the human figure in favour of a very suggestive representation of the landscape and surroundings, and the atmospheric use of a limited number of colours mixed directly onto the canvas and often applied with the palette knife.

Artist

Guillaume Vogels RKD Wikidata
Brussels 1836 - Ixelles 1896
painters (artists)AAT

Title Dutch Canal at Night
Date ca. 1879
Period 19th century
Location Netherlands TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: G. Vogels
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1952-AC
Acquisition credit gift
The Friends of the Museum
Ghent
1952
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1952-AC
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2321/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 25H landscapes Iconclass
300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
22C light Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass
22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass
23R14 night Iconclass
24B moon as celestial body Iconclass
24B6 moonlight Iconclass
24F firmament, sky Iconclass
25H landscapes Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H22 canal Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
25I141 street Iconclass
25I145 canals, waters (in city) Iconclass
25I5 landscape with tower or castle Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41B33 lantern Iconclass
41B33(+0) lantern (+ variant) 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
46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Iconclass
46C256 freight vessel Iconclass
61D(NETHERLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (NETHERLANDS) Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
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. 53-55, cat. 8)
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. 349 (ill.))
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