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Women at the Window, 1919

  • woodcut, Japanese silk paper
  • 228 x 215 mm
  • Inv. 2010-E-3

Public Domain

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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
woodcutters (printmakers)AAT

Title Women at the Window
Date 1919
Period 20th century
Medium and support woodcut AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right, outside the depiction: Gustave De Smet
Collection print room
Object type woodcut AAT
Inventory number 2010-E-3
Acquisition credit purchase
Taevernier, Sabine
Deinze
2010
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2010-E-3
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/5978/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300124520 interior views AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25I22 prospect of village, silhouette of village Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31D15 adult woman Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A2 interior of the house Iconclass
41A33 window Iconclass
41A3321 closed window Iconclass
41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass
61B11 anonymous historical person portrayed Iconclass
61BB111 anonymous historical person portrayed alone - BB - woman Iconclass
61BB2 historical persons - BB - woman 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. 517)
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