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The Sambre Valley, 1890

  • oil paint, canvas
  • 53.8 x 67 cm
  • Inv. 2011-GQ

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Even though Théo Van Rysselberghe already became aware of neo-impressionism in 1886, he himself only started to apply the technique in 1887–1888. In doing so, he and a number of other Belgian artists, such as Willy Finch, Georges Lemmen and Henry Van de Velde, were among the first artists to become captivated by the art of Georges Seurat. Among Van Rysselberghe’s oeuvre, The Sambre Valley is one the earliest known examples of a fully pointillated landscape. Whereas he previously depicted nature in an impressionistic, way, he subsequently started to analyse landscapes in an almost scientific way. The painting originally belonged to Sylvie Descamps, who was the artist’s mother-in-law and the Brussels-based publisher of Emile Verhaeren, among others. She owned a holiday home in Thuin (Hainaut, Belgium) along the banks of the river Sambre. The painter and his wife Maria Monnom often stayed there during the summer months. In 1890, the year after he got married, Van Rysselberghe also spent time there and painted this work of art. One year later, he exhibited the painting with the group of artists Les Vingt.

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Théo Van Rysselberghe RKD VIAF Wikidata
Ghent 1862 - Saint-Clair (Var) 1926
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Title The Sambre Valley
Date 1890
Period 19th century
Location Sambre TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings monogram and year bottom left: 18TVR90
inscription on the back of the canvas: THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE / 1890
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 2011-GQ
Acquisition credit purchase
Sotheby's
London
2011-06-22
Current whereabouts Work on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2011-GQ
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6236/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015636 landscapes AAT
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22C8 shadow Iconclass
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25H12 dale, valley Iconclass
25H15 forest, wood Iconclass
25H17 meadow, pasture Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
25H213 river Iconclass
25H217 river bank Iconclass
25I3 farm or solitary house in landscape Iconclass
26A clouds Iconclass
300015636 landscapes AAT
41A17 farm (building) Iconclass
46C13141 horse Iconclass
47I143 stocking (on the field) Iconclass
47I1431 hay-cock Iconclass
47I1451 hay-wagon Iconclass
47I146 piling up ~ harvest Iconclass
61D(BELGIUM) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (BELGIUM) Iconclass
61D(SAMBRE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (SAMBRE) Iconclass
61E(THUIN) names of cities and villages (THUIN) Iconclass
School / Style Neo-Impressionist AAT
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