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Head of a Fish

  • bronze, wood
  • 32.5 x 16.2 x 21.7 cm
  • Inv. 1963-I

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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 lives 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 RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1890 - Ghent 1957
sculptorsAAT

Title Head of a Fish
Period 20th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names): JOZef / CAntré
Collection sculpture AAT
Object type bronze AAT
Inventory number 1963-I
Acquisition credit purchase
Geldof, Marcel
1963
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1963-I
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2835/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300263554 animal paintings AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25F6 fishes Iconclass
31A221 head (human) Iconclass
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