Vieuw on the Maas, Rotterdam
Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm.
Signed bottom left W.H. Paerels '12
Painted during his visit to Rotterdam in an impressionistic style with resemblance to the work of Monet. The typical contrasting use of colours is the initial phase of the development of the fauvistic style known as "Brabant Fauvism".
Provenance:
Salons Artistiques, 9 rue D'Assault, Brussel, nr. 390.
Collection Dr Grosfils, Brussel
Exposition:
Societe des Expositions de Palais de Beaux Arts, W. Paerels, 17-IX / 1-X 1968, nr. II.Garden scenery.
