Houses at the " Nieuwe Zijds Voorburgwal 589"
Oil on canvas 67 x 41 cm
Signed Lower right: Gustave de Smet
Painted in 1915
The painting demonstrates the early expressionistic tendens mingled with some cubistic elements. The colors are contrasting and a little abberant. The composition is fading away of most of the realistic basics. Maybe there is some slight influence of the work of Breitner famous for his townvieuws of Amsterdam.
Provenance:
Collection Scherpel, Bussum The Netherlands
Litterature:
Piet Boyens: "Gustave de Smet", Antwerpen 1989, Oeuvrecataloguue nr. 280 (Voorburgwal) with illustration in black and white.
id, text dedicated to the painting on page 110 with full page illustration in color.
