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Four Nude Girls in a Boat, 1950

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 89 x 116 cm
  • Inv. 1953-AD

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The subject of this painting derives from a series of four watercolours done in 1939. In that series, Edgard Tytgat tells how four girls embark on an adventure on a boat. While at sea they fall into the hands of pirates, who sell them to a lord. He marries two of them, gives the third to his house steward as a gift and keeps the fourth for the festivities. The scene in the painting does not refer literally to any of the watercolours, but adds a scene to the story. Tytgat shows us the girls before they are abducted, exuberantly enjoying their freedom. The playful eroticism of this painting is an aspect of his work that is to be seen mainly in his watercolours as from the late 1930s.

Artist

Edgard Tytgat RKD VIAF Wikidata
Brussels 1879 - Woluwé-Saint-Lambert (Brussels) 1957
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Title Four Nude Girls in a Boat
Date 1950
Period 20th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom left: EdgardTytgat / 1950
inscription on the reverse: 481 / quatre jeune filles / toute NUE sur une / Barque a quatre voiles / 1950 / F50
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1953-AD
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1953-AD
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2348/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300056485 fantastic art AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
25F37 shore-birds and wading-birds Iconclass
25F37(GULL) shore-birds and wading-birds: gull Iconclass
25H23 sea (seascape) Iconclass
25H2311 wave Iconclass
25H2322 sea Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
46C215(BOW) parts of ship's exterior: bow Iconclass
46C215(MAST) parts of ship's exterior: mast Iconclass
46C215(WINDLASS) parts of ship's exterior: windlass Iconclass
46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat Iconclass
46C24111 sail Iconclass
School / Style naive art AAT
phantasy
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. 328-329 (ill.))
De man aan het venster : Edgard Tytgat, schilder, chroniqueur en beeldekensmaker / Lieven Van Den Abeele. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 102)
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