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Landscape at Sint-Martens-Latem, 1905

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 72 x 150 cm
  • Inv. 2001-I

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In his debut years, Leon De Smet, Gustave's younger brother, underwent the influence of Emile Claus. He tried to capture the vibrant light in Claus' panoramic landscapes in an early work like Landscape at Latem. It is one of the first landscapes the artist painted in and around Sint-Martens-Latem. The emphasis here is not so much on a recognisable rendering of reality, but on the atmospheric influence of light. A muted, golden sun glow enhances the melancholic atmosphere of the canvas. This painting is one of the first landscape views De Smet made in and around the rural village of Sint-Martens-Latem.

Artist

Leon De Smet RKD
Ghent 1881 - Deurle (Sint-Martens-Latem) 1966
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Title Landscape at Sint-Martens-Latem
Date 1905
Period 20th century
Location Sint-Martens-Latem TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom right: LEON DE SMET 1905
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 2001-I
Acquisition credit gift
De Vriendt-Mores, Roza
Ghent
2001
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2001-I
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4797/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 22 natural phenomena Iconclass
22C light Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass
22C8 shadow Iconclass
24A8 sunlight Iconclass
24A81 sunbeams Iconclass
25G11 groups of trees Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass
25H18 cultivated land Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
300015636 landscapes AAT
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
46A222 rural life Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
61E(LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) names of cities and villages (LAETHEM-SAINT-MARTIN) Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
Luminist (Belgian style and movement) AAT
Leon De Smet (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.]
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. 82-84, cat. 17)
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. 306-307 (ill.))
Emile Claus and Belgian Impressionism (exhibition Himeji City Museum of Art, 20.04 - 26.05.2013 ; Tokyo Station Gallery, 08.06 - 15.07.2013 ; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, 26.07 - 25.08.2013 ... et al.) / Johan De Smet, Akira Tomita. - Kobe : The Kobe Shimbun, 2013
Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (cat. 41 (ill. p. 63))
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