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Potato Digger or The Farmer, 1918

  • linocuts (prints), Japanese silk paper
  • Inv. 1989-E

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In Expressionism, the woodcut is as important a means of expression as painting and sculpture. The technique forces the artist to a powerful drawing without sensitive nuances, to essential contrasts without colour shading. A number of artists, such as Jozef Cantré (1890-1957), Gustave De Smet (1877-1943) and Frits Van den Berghe (1883-1939) prefer linoleum, a material that is easier to work with. Their designs are strongly influenced by German Expressionism. Only about ten linocuts by Van den Berghe are known. The wood- and linocuts by De Smet, nineteen in all, are mostly based on his own paintings.

Artist

Gustave De Smet RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1877 - Deurle (Sint-Martens-Latem) 1943
linocuttersAAT

Title Potato Digger or The Farmer
Date 1918
Period 20th century
Medium and support linocuts (prints) AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right: Gustave De Smet
Collection print room
Object type linocuts (prints) AAT
Inventory number 1989-E
Acquisition credit purchase
Galerie Sint-John
Ghent
1989
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1989-E
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3657/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
300015636 landscapes AAT
31A2321 leaning forward Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
41C651 potatoes Iconclass
41D2333 wooden shoes, clogs Iconclass
46A14 farmers Iconclass
47I14 harvest Iconclass
47I141 reaping, picking, mowing ~ harvest Iconclass
47I15(PITCHFORK) agricultural implements: pitchfork Iconclass
School / Style Expressionist (style) AAT
Modernist AAT
Gust. De Smet : Kroniek - Kunsthistorische analyse ; De ontwikkeling van een Vlaams kunstenaar tussen 1891 en 1943 in relatie tot de nationale en internationale vernieuwing in de schilderkunst ; Met een beschrijvende, volledig geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn schilderijen, tekeningen en grafisch werk / Piet Boyens. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1989 (nr. 507)
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