Francis Maere Fine Arts GalleryBelgian Art 1880–1950

Showcasing an exquisite selection of influential artists, all connected by

a common country.

These works illustrate the influences artists such as George Minne, Henri Evenepoel, Emile Claus, Frits Van den Berghe, Gustave De Smet, Valerius De Saedeleer, Constant Permeke, Léon Spilliaert etc. have had on avant-garde movements such as realism, Flemish impressionism, symbolism, expressionism and surrealism. They were all creators, contributors and, in fact, milestones in the history of Belgian art.

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Gustave Vanaise Ghent 1854 – 1902 Saint-Gilles Portrait of the painter August Dael on his favorite Horse

1885 Oil on canvas, 229 × 289 cm Signed and dated lower left

Mentioned in: A. Dutry, Catalogue de l’exposition Gustave Vanaise, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire Bruxelles, 11 – 25 may 1903, p.6

Henri Evenepoel Nice 1872 – 1899 Paris Arab interior / Women and a narghile

1898 Oil on canvas, 32.8 × 41 cm Signed and dated lower left: h. evenepoel / 98 Authentification stamp on the reverse

Provenance: Louise van Mattemburgh, Brussels; Charles De Mey, Brussels; Roland Leten, Ghent Literature: P. Lambotte, Henri Evenepoel, 1908, p. 103; De Mey, Henri Evenepoel 1872-1899; E. De Wilde, Gemeentekrediet, Brussel, 1994, n° 250 Exhibitions: Henri Huklenbrok – Henri Evenepoel, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, Brussels, 1899, n° 10; Exposition H. Evenepoel, Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 1913, n° 105; Exposition d’oeuvres de Henri Evenepoel, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, Brussels, 1923, n° 92; Art belge ancien et moderne, Kunstmuseum und Kunsthalle, Berne, 1926; Henri Evenepoel, Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 1932, n° 126; Les Compagnons de l’Art, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1938, n° 62; Henri Evenepoel in Algeria 1897-1898, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1940, n° 9; Henri Evenepoel, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, 1942-1943, n° 58; Cercle Artistique et Littéraire- XXII Salon, Charleroi, 1948, n° 37; H. Evenepoel, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1953, n° 109; Schilderijen uit Gentse verzamelingen, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, 1953, n° 79; L’Art flamand d’ Ensor à Permeke, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 1970, n° 99; Ensor to Permeke, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1971, n° 163; Le Fauvisme brabançon, Crédit Communal, Brussels, 1979, n° 2; L’Orientalisme et l’africanisme dans l’art belge 19e et 20e siècles, CGER, Brussels, 1984, n° 29

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César De Cock Ghent 1823 – 1904 Along the river Epte in Normandy

1886 Oil on canvas, 97 × 136.5 cm Signed and dated

Impressionism

Emile Claus Sint-Eloois-Vijve 1849 – 1924 Astene In the field

October 1890 Oil on canvas, 100 × 142 cm Signed

Anna De Weert Ghent 1867 – 1950 Brume d’Automne

2de oorlogsjaar, August – September 1915 Oil on canvas, 91 × 116 cm Signed lower left and dated on the back

Gustave De Smet Ghent 1877 – 1943 Sint-Martens-Latem Sunny Garden

ca. 1910 Oil on canvas, 58,5 × 68,5 cm Signed lower right

Jenny Montigny Ghent 1875 – 1937 Deurle Back from school, Deurle dorp

Oil on canvas, 102 × 84 cm Signed lower left and monogrammed on the back

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Maurice Sys Ghent 1880 – 1972 Ryvissche Castle in Zwijnaarde

1900 Oil on canvas, 120 × 165 cm Signed and dated The Castle was the home of the grandmother of Maurice Maeterlinck. He spent a lot of his holidays there.

Maurice Sys Ghent 1880 – 1972 Ducklings on the Bank of the Leie

1908 Oil on canvas, 62.5 × 125.5 cm Signed lower right

Symbolism Expressionism

Léon Spilliaert Ostend 1881 – 1946 Brussels Hofstraat, Ostend

1908 Gouache, watercolor, pastel on paper, 63 × 48.5 cm Signed and dated

Expo: Stranden en Blikken, Venetiaanse Gaanderijen Ostend, 14.12 – 16.02.2003 Brise d’Ostende: Léon Spilliaert en Ostend, Venetiaanse Gaanderijen Ostend, 3.6 – 17.9.2006 Ontmoetingen met Léon Spilliaert, Het Spilliaert Huis, Ostend, 6.05 – 9.10.2016

Gustave Vande Woestyne Ghent 1881 – 1947 Ukkel Catherine

ca. 1914 – 1918 Gouache, watercolor, pastel on paper, 46 × 38.5 cm Signed

Prov.: R. Hollat; Galerie Giroux, Bruxelles, 1928; H. Wauters Lit.: Sint-Martens-Latem, gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst, P. Haesaerts, Arcade, 1965, no. 736 Expo: Retrospectieve, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussels, 1929; Galerie Apollo, Brussels, 1941; L’ecole de Laethem-Saint-Martin, Musées de l’Etat Luxembourg, 1948; Retrospectieve, Cultureel Centrum Mechelen, 1967

Walter Sauer Sint-Gilles 1889 – 1927 Algiers La Bigoudène

Mixed technique on paper, 84,5 × 68 cm Signed and monogrammed upper left

Anto Carte Mons 1886 – 1954 Ixelles Mother and Child with Rose

ca. 1930 Oil on canvas, 100 × 65 cm Signed lower left

Valerius de Saedeleer Aalst 1867 – 1941 Oudenaarde Farm on the Bank of the River Lys

1908 Oil on paper on panel, 90 × 179.5 cm Signed lower right, restorations

Prov.: Galerie G. Giroux Lit.: Sint-Martens-Latem, gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst, P. Haesaerts, Arcade,1965, no. 111 Expo: L’Art Flamand d’Ensor à Permeke, l’Union de Belgique à Paris, 29.05 – 20.06.1980 Hulde aan Valerius de Saedeleer, Museum Leon De Smet, Deurle, 18.03 – 8.04.1979

Valerius de Saedeleer Aalst 1867 – 1941 Oudenaarde Old Orchard in the snow

ca. 1925 Oil on paper, 86 × 96 cm Signed lower right

Prov.: Cornelis, Aalst Lit.: Sint-Martens-Latem, gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst, P. Haesaerts, Arcade,1965, no. 127; Valerius de Saedeleer, de tuin der afwezigen, P. Boyens, Lannoo, Tielt, 2006 Expo: Impact, 1902 Revisited, Stedelijke Musea Brugge Arenthuis, 22.02 – 30.06.2002; Retrospectieve: Valerius de Saedeleer, Museum van Deinze, 23/09 – 26/11/2006, no. 77

Valerius de Saedeleer Aalst 1867 – 1941 Oudenaarde Winter in Etikhove

ca. 1930 Oil on canvas, 44 × 81 cm Signed Prov.: Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels

Constant Permeke Antwerp 1886 – 1952 Ostend First Snow

Oil on canvas laid on plywood, 44.5 × 60.5 cm Signed

Prov.: Roland Leten, Ghent

Frits Van den Berghe Ghent 1883 – 1939 The Pianist / René De Clercq on the Piano

1920 Oil on canvas, 100 × 78 cm Signed lower right

Prov. René De Clercq, Bussem; Galerie le Zodiaque, Bruxelles Lit.: Sint-Martens-Latem, gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst, P. Haesaerts, Arcade, 1965, no. 663; Frits van den Berghe: 1883–1939, P. Boyens, Antwerp, 1999, no. 213; Frits Van den Berghe, R. Hoozee, Gemeentekrediet, Gent 1983, no. 44 Expo: Amsterdam 1923, no 9; Bruselles 1961, no. 4; Frits Van den Berghe, MSK Gent 1983, no. 44; Zij waren in Laren…, singer museum laren nh, 26.11. 1989 – 21.01.1990, no. 6; Frits Van den Berghe, PMMK, Oostende, 1999–2000; De Passage, Vlaamse kunstenaars in Nederland 1914–1922, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, 20.05 – 22.09.2000 no. 58

Frits Van Den Berghe Ghent 1883 – 1939 The Bathers

1920 Oil on canvas, 101 × 91 cm Signed on lower right

Prov.: René De Clercq; E.J. and H. De Clercq, Brussels; Dr. J. Polus, Brussels Lit.: Sint-Martens-Latem, gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst, P. Haesaerts, Arcade, 1965, no. 658; E. Langui, 1968, p. 45; M. Eemans, 1981, p.156; cat. Laren 1994, 63, p.160; P. Boyens, Frits van den Berghe: 1883-1939, Antwerp, 1999, no. 237 Expo: Amsterdam, 1924, 56; Knokke, 1957, 9; Dendermonde, 1960, 1; Bruxelles 1961, 2; Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux Arts, 5.05 – 27.05.1962 , Frits Van den Berghe, no.12; Bruxelles, 1976-77, 127; Ostend 1978, 69; Ghent 1983, 39; Laren 17.11.1994 – 19.02.1995, Expressionisme in Nederland 1910-1930, 13 (ill.); Sint-Martens-Latem, 25.08 – 6.10.2002, Ballingschap en nieuwe vrijheid

Gustave De Smet Ghent 1877 – 1943 Deurle Peasant couple

1933 Oil on canvas, 100 × 120 cm Signed

Prov.: M. Pieters, Antwerp; Baron Lambert, Brussels Lit.: Les Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles Janvier 1935; E. Langui, Bruxelles, 1945; W. Vanbeselaere, Bruxelles, 1961; Catalogue Bruxelles 1978; Gust De Smet, P. Boyens, Antwerp, 1989; Expo: Kunst van Heden, Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles, 28.4 – 21.5.1935; Retrospective Gustave De Smet, Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles, 24.4 – 31.5.1936; In Memoriam Gustave De Smet, Gallery Apollo Bruxelles, 27/11-9/12/1943; De Arbeid in de Kunst, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerp, 26.4 – 30.6.1952; Gustave De Smet Retrospectieve tentoonstelling, Museum voor Schone Kunsten; Antwerp, 1.7 – 3.9.1961; L’Art en Belgique 1880-1950, Hommage à L. & P. Haesaerts, Palais des Beaux-Arts; Bruxelles, 27.6 – 23.8.1978

Hubert Malfait Astene 1898 – 1971 Sint-Martens-Latem Back from the Field

1923 Oil on canvas, 100 × 120 cm Signed lower right

Lit.: Hubert Malfait in ‘Selection’ G. Marlier, Antwerp, 1924 De Nieuwe Generatie – Hubert Malfait in ‘Kunst’ A. Van Hoogenbemt, Ghent, 1934; Hubert Malfait, D. Peeters, Antwerp, 1978; Hubert Malfait, M. Duchâteau, Tielt-Amsterdam, 1979; Hubert Malfait-oeuvrecatalogus, P. Vanrobaeys, Tielt, 1986; Oer, de wortels van Vlaanderen, K. Van Cauteren, Lannoo, Tielt, 2017 Expo: Retrospective Hubert Malfait, mudel, 1973, Deinze; Retrospective Hubert Malfait” Museum for Fine Arts, 2004; Oer, de wortels van Vlaanderen Provinciaal Cultuurcentrum Caermersklooster, Ghent, 15.03 – 6.08.2017

Works on paper

Rik Wouters Mechelen 1882 – 1916 Amsterdam La Repasseuse

1912, cachet 921 Chinese ink on paper, 400 × 590 mm

Prov.: Hubert Malfait; Galerij Campo Antwerp Lit.: Oer, de wortels van Vlaanderen, K. Van Cauteren, Lannoo, Tielt, 2017 Expo: Oer, de wortels van Vlaanderen, Provinciaal Cultuurcentrum Caermersklooster, Ghent, 15.03 – 6.08.2017

Rik Wouters Mechelen 1882 – 1916 Amsterdam Le Camp sous la pluie / Study, street play [verso]

Charcoal on paper, 445 × 575 mm Stamp: Atelier de Rik Wouters

Prov.: A. Taevernier Lit.: Rik Wouters, R. Avermaete, Jacques Antoine, 1986 Expo: Belgische tekeningen van James Ensor tot heden, Musée national moderne, Paris & Palais des beaux-arts, 1961; Musée national d’art moderne, Paris, 1961

Rik Wouters Mechelen 1882 – 1916 Amsterdam Rayon de soleil sur paysage hollandais, (Amersfeld?) [verso]

Chinese ink on paper, 375 × 550 mm Stamp: De Dwaze Maagd, a contract number of Gallery G. Giroux

Prov.: A. Taevernier Lit.: Rik Wouters, R. Avermaete, Jacques Antoine, 1986 Expo: Ghent 1955; Belgische tekeningen van James Ensor tot heden, Musée national moderne, Paris & Palais des beaux-arts, 1961

Frits Vanden Berghe Ghent 1883 – 1939 Obsession [study for the painting Obsession (1919), featuring Gustave De Smet and his wife

after the death of their son] The Poor – farmer’s Wife by the Stove [verso]

1919 Charcoal on paper, 740 × 590 mm Signed

Prov.: Walter Schwarzenberg, Brussels; Giroux Brussels 1932; Dr. Berrewaerts, Brussels – Campo Antwerp 1982 Lit.: Frits van den Berghe, R. Hoozee, Gemeentekrediet, Ghent, 1983; Frits Vanden Berghe 1883 – 1939 P. Boyens, Pandora, Antwerp, 1999; Retrospectieve Frits Vanden Berghe, P. Boyens, G. Marquenie, PMMK, 1999; Een zeldzame weelde, P. Boyens, Ludion, Ghent, 2001 Expo: Retrospectieve Frits Vanden Berghe, MSK Ghent, 1983; Frits Vanden Berghe, Centraal Museum Utrecht, 1984; Tekeningen van Latemse Meesters, Latemse Kunstkring St-Martens-Latem, 1987; Tekeningen van Ensor tot Albert Van Dyck, Jacob Smits Museum Mol, 1988; Retrospectieve Frits Vanden Berghe, PMMK Ostend, 2000 – 2001; Een zeldzame weelde, M.D.D. Deurle, 2001; Pioniers van het Vlaams Expressionisme: Frits Vanden Berghe, Gustave De Smet en Constant Permeke, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2004

Constant Permeke Antwerp 1886 – 1952 Ostend Farmer with Beet Wagon

1928 Lavis on paper, 49 × 56 cm Signed “aan dokter de Beir hartelijk toegenegen”

Prov.: P. Vanherpe, Kortrijk Lit.: Permeke, W. Van den Bussche, Mercatorfonds, Antwerp, 1986 Expo: Retrospectieve Permeke, PMMK Ostend, 1986/1987; Retrospectieve Constant Permeke, Kunstverein Hannover, 25.4 – 8.6.1987; Constant Permeke, Gallerie Civiche d’Arte Moderna, Ferrara, 26.6 – 4.10.1987, Groninger Museum Nederland; Aspecten van het Expressionisme in Vlaanderen tussen 1920–1940, BBL – Kortrijk, 7.06 - 20.6.1992; Fifty Shades of Flemish Art, Francis Maere Fine Arts Galley, Ghent, 22.04 – 6.08.2017

Paul Delvaux Antheit 1897 – 1994 Veurne Les Soeurs

1971 Chinese ink and lavis on paper, 120,5 × 70 cm Signed and dated P.DELVAUX FURNES, 22.9.71 Certified by La Fondation Paul Delvaux

Prov.: Galerie W. D’Huysser, Bruxelles Expo: Paul Delvaux, Galleria civica d’arte moderna palazzo dei diamanti, Comune di Ferrara, April – June 1986; Paul Delvaux: Das Geheimnis die Frau, Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany, 2006

Sculptures

Georges Minne Ghent 1866 – 1941 Sint-Martens-Latem Melancholia

Carrare Marble, 54 × 39 × 29 cm Signed G Minne

Prov.: Leon Stevens – Boone, Ghent Lit.: George Minne, L. Van Puyvelde, Editions des Cahiers de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1930 Similar marbles: Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen; Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna; Collection Stoclet, Bruxelles (1929 Galerie Giroux)

Victor Rousseau Feluy 1865 – 1954 Vorst Youth

Marble, 43 × 37 cm Signed

George Minne Ghent 1866 – 1941 Sint-Martens-Latem L’homme à l’outre

1897 Original plaster, 69 × 42 cm Signed

Prov.: Priv. coll. Brussels; Richard Nagy Ltd., London; Priv. coll. Ghent

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