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Emile Claus
1849 - 1924
The Duck Girl
c. 1880
oil on canvas
73 x 113 cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection; Whitford and Hughes, London.
EXHIBITED
Belgian Paintings 1880-1930, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1990.
LITERATURE
Belgian Paintings 1880-1930, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1990, cat. 1, ill. -
Emile Claus
1849 - 1924
The Gleaners
c. 1890
oil on canvas
91 x 121 cm
PROVENANCE
Mlle de Bon, Antwerp; Whitford and Hughes, London.
EXHIBITED
A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1987.
LITERATURE
A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1987, cat. 12, ill. -
Raphaphaël De Buck
1902 - 1986
Les Écoliers
c.1917
Oil on canvas
118 x 176 cm
PROVENANCE
Madame Evariste de Buck; Whitford and Hughes, London.
EXHIBITED
'L'Impressionisme en Belgique', Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1955.
'Les Peintres Luministe', Galerie Vincke-van Eyck, Ghent, 1963.
A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1987. cat. 23, ill.
ILLUSTRATED
Sint-Martens-Latem, Paul Haesaerts, Brussels, 1965, no. 63; Les Petits Maitres de la Peinture Valeur de Demain, 1820-1920, vol. IV, Gerald Schur, Paris, 1979, p. 151; A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1987. cat. 23, ill. -
Leon de Smet
1881 - 1966
Interior
1910
Oil on canvas
130 x 115 cm
EXHIBITED
A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1987.
LITERATURE
L’Impressionisme et le Fauvisme en Belgique, Serge Goyens de Heusch, Antwerp, 1988, p. 262
Albert Servaes et ses Contemporains Latemnois, exhibition catalogue, Thermae Palace Hotel Art Gallery, Ostende, 1981
PROVENANCE
Mr Marcel Pieters, Laethem-Saint-Martin. Acquired directly from the artist’s son, Robert de Smet, in 1971, Galerie Gramo, Antwerp -
Leon de Smet
1881 - 1966
Contemplation
1914
Oil on canvas
160 x 170 cm
EXHIBITED
A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1987, cat. no. 20. -
Henri Jacques Edouard Evenepoel
1872 - 1899
Charles au Jersey Rayé
1898
Oil on canvas
73 x 50 cm
EXHIBITED
Charleroi, Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, XXIIe Salon, Retrospective Evenepoel, 1948;
Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Retrospective H. Evenepoel, 1953, no. 116; Laren, Singer Museum, Flemish Paintings, 1850-1950, from Realism to Expressionism, 1960, no. 31; Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, L’Art flamand, Ensor a Permeke’, 1970, no. 98; London, Royal Academy, Ensor to Permeke, Nine Flemish Painters 1880-1950, 1971, no. 164; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, L’Art en Belgique 1885-1950: Hommage a Luc et Paul Haesaerts, 1978; London, Whitford and Hughes, Belgian Paintings 1880-1930, 1990.
LITERATURE
LAMBOTTE, Paul. Henri Evenepoel. Brussels, 1908, p. 104; HAESAERTS, Luc and Paul. Henri Evenepoel, Brussels, 1932, pl. 14; HELLENS, Franz.Henri Evenepoel. Antwerp, 1947, frontispiece; SMEETS, Albert. L’Art flamand, Ensor a Permeke, Brussels, 1931, p. 442; HAESAERTS, Paul. Peintres Belges Contemporains: Henri Evenepoel, p. 49, no. 23.
PROVENANCE
Louise de Mey, Charles’ mother; Roland Leten Esq., Ghent; Henri Leten Esq.; Whitford and Hughes, London; Anne and André Leysen; King Baudouin Foundation loan to the Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp. -
James Ensor
1860 - 1949
Pirreot et Squelettes
1906
Oil on canvas
98 x 113 cm
EXHIBITED
XXV Exposition Biennale Internationale des Beaux-Arts, 1950, Vienna
‘James Ensor dans les Collections Privees’, Galerie Isy Braehot, 1965-66
Museum voor Shone, Ghent, 1969
‘Veertie Kunsstenaars Rond Karel van de Woestisne’, Museum voor Schone Junste, Ghent, 1979 (Reproduced no. 139)
Museum of Modern Art, Hyoyo, Japan, 1983-84 (Reproduced no.69) -
Georges Lemmen
1865 - 1916
Le Carrousel
c.1890
Oil on canvas
56 x 49 cm
PROVENANCE
Pierre Lemmen, Brussels
EXHIBITED
Japan, Exposition du Pointillisme, 1985:
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto
ILLUSTRATED
Exposition de Pointillisme, Japan, 1985, p. 103, no. 61 -
Modeste Huys
1875 - 1932
A Study In Pink
1906
Oil on canvas
65 x 81 cm
EXHIBITED
A Clear View - The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford & Hughes, London, 1987, cat. 17, ill. -
Theo van Rysselberghe
1862 - 1926
Camille van Mons
1885
Oil on canvas
180 x 86 cm
PROVENANCE
Van Mons Collection -
Theo van Rysselberghe
1862 - 1926
Le Chapeau de paille
1890
Oil on canvas
70 x 52 cm
EXHIBITED
Paris, Salon des Indépendats 1891
Brussels, Salon de XX 1891
Antwerp, 1892 -
Alfred William Finch
1854 - 1930
Boats as Sea
c.1883
Oil on canvas
57 x 97 cm
PROVENANCE
Willy Schlobach
Collection Förster-Schlobach
Collection Guy Poeu, Paris.
EXHIBITED
Le Groupe des XX et son Temps, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, 1962.
Le Groupe des XX et son Temps, Galerie Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, 1962.
Belgian Paintings 1880-1930, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1990.
LITERATURE
Le Groupe des XX et son Temps, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1962, no. 39, plate IX.
Belgian Paintings 1880-1930, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1990, cat. 2, ill. -
Jenny Montigny
1875 - 1937
An Idyllic Moment
c.1900
Oil on canvas
110 x 150 cm
PROVENANCE
Whitford and Hughes, London.
LITERATURE
A Clear View: The Belgian Luminist Tradition, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1987, cat. 26, ill.
Emile Claus
1849 - 1924
The Duck Girl
c. 1880
oil on canvas
73 x 113 cm
PROVENANCE
Private collection; Whitford and Hughes, London.
EXHIBITED
Belgian Paintings 1880-1930, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1990.
LITERATURE
Belgian Paintings 1880-1930, Whitford and Hughes, London, 1990, cat. 1, ill.
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Adrian Mibus, the gallery's founding director will be sharing his encyclopedic knowledge in a series of newsletters reflecting on the chronological evolution of his business from Orientalism and Symbolism, to Belgian Luminism, Post-Impressionism and Expressionism, passing via Modernism and École de Paris, towards Pop Art and Post-War Abstraction.
This evolution reflects Adrian's ongoing commitment to adapting to the modern art market whilst maintaining its deep-rooted heritage.
In this fourth newsletter we are highlighting Adrian's love of traditional Belgian painting which he promoted in two landmark exhibitions: A Clear View, The Belgian Luminist Tradition in 1987 and Belgian Paintings 1880 - 1930 in 1990. Adrian's activity in the field of Belgian Luminism and Post-Impressionism during 1983-1993, was the first attempt to highlight the quality of the Belgian painters on the international London art market.