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The Vleeshuisbrug in Ghent, 1906

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 73 x 83.5 cm
  • Inv. 1975-M

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Early in his career, Ghent painter Edgar Bytebier was influenced by Albert Baertsoen. Around 1900, Baertsoen was the quintessential painter of Ghent cityscapes. The kinship with Baertsoen's melancholic canal views is evident in Bytebier's predilection for 'banal', not very picturesque city corners, the sought-after perspective, the attention to reflection and the sketchy representation of bank elements in the water, the subdued colour and the use of only a few light sources that give the whole a fairy-like atmosphere.

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Edgar Bytebier RKD Wikidata
Ghent 1875 - Dilbeek 1940
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Title The Vleeshuisbrug in Ghent
Date 1906
Period 20th century
Location Ghent TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: Edgar Bytebier
signature et inscription on the reverse: Edgar Bytebier / COIN SUR LA LYS / à Gand / 12/12/1906
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1975-M
Acquisition credit gift
Bytebier, Carmen
Dilbeek
1975
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1975-M
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3076/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass
22C5 reflection (light in general) Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41B33 lantern Iconclass
46C112 bridge Iconclass
46C2231 pier, quay, wharf Iconclass
46C23 boat propelled by man or animal Iconclass
46C232 rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Iconclass
61E(GHENT) names of cities and villages (GHENT) Iconclass
61F(PONT DE LA BOUCHERIE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PONT DE LA BOUCHERIE) Iconclass
School / Style realism (artistic form of expression) AAT
intimist 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. 92-93 (ill.))
Wandelgids : MSK in Gent / Sofie Corneillie, Bart Ooghe, Cathérine Verleysen, Lieven Gerard, Lies Ledure, Veerle Verhasselt. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2022 (p. 52 (boven))
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
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