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The Outcasts, 1898

  • pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper
  • 276 x 190 mm
  • Inv. 2007-A

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The drawing The Outcasts is one of the highlights of Minne's oeuvre of drawings. Created just before the turn of the century in 1900, it combines several aspects of his linear drawing style. On the one hand, there is the far-reaching distortion and elongation of the figures. The artist accentuated their joints and angularly protruding body parts, for example in the bony arms and elbows and also in the ribs of the figure on the right. The entwined arms and the cramped grip of the hands reinforce their unfortunate connection. In contrast to these expressive details, there is the sad resignation that Minne expressed in the faces of the figures. The figure on the left seeks protection and security from his fellow sufferer, by placing his head against his shoulder. In this gentle embrace, their wavy, linearly drawn hair merges. Solid, on the other hand, is the almost sculptural folding that carries the extreme pathos of The Outcasts like a pedestal. As in his sculpture, Minne also sought unity here by presenting this universal theme in a powerful and at the same time balanced manner. Until recently, this drawing was only known via a photolithography (private collection). The museum purchased this drawing in 2007 from the old collection of Leo Van Puyvelde, one of the earliest biographers of the artist.

Artist

George Minne RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1866 - Sint-Martens-Latem 1941
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title The Outcasts
Date 1898
Period 19th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year bottom right: George Minne 98
Collection print room
Object type pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number 2007-A
Acquisition credit purchase
Van Puyvelde, Léo (coll.)
2007
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2007-A
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5595/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055865 symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass
31A2522 hands folded Iconclass
31A2523 hands against each other Iconclass
31A2525 hands on top of each other Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31B6211 looking upwards Iconclass
31B6217 eyes closed Iconclass
31B6232 mouth slightly open Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
32A22 thin (human type) Iconclass
32A22(+0) thin (human type) (+ variant) Iconclass
46A155 outcasts, pariahs Iconclass
55BB1 Poverty; 'Poverta', 'Poverta del doni', 'Poverta in uno ch'habbia bell'ingegno' (Ripa) Iconclass
56BB22 Misery; 'Miseria mondana' (Ripa) Iconclass
56DD11 Despair; 'Disperatione' (Ripa) Iconclass
School / Style Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
George Minne en de kunst rond 1900 (Tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 18.09.1982 - 05.12.1982) / Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Albert Alhadeff. - Brussel : Gemeentekrediet, 1982 (p. 159 (ill. van de fotolitho))
George Minne : Das Frühwerk und seine Rezeption in Deutschland und Österreich bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg / Inga Rossi-Schrimpf. - Weimar : Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften, 2012 (p. 410, p. 91)
Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 87 (ill.))
Symbolisme in Vlaanderen : De eerste generatie kunstenaars in Sint-Martens-Latem (tentoonstelling 's-Hertogenbosch, Het Noordbrabants Museum, 10.07 - 09.10.2022) / Piet Boyens, Helewise Berger. - Zwolle : WBOOKS, 2022 ; 's-Hertogenbosch : Het Noordbrabants Museum, 2022 (p. 14)
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