Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) - Bloemen
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The Antwerp-based maritime painter Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) was born into an artistic family. Unlike his father—the shipping broker/seascape painter Henri Seghers Jr. (1848-1919)—he was allowed to attend the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. From 1892, he spent the summers with his parents at the family villa 'De Schuit' in Knokke, which at the time was still a village. Here he became acquainted with the local fishing industry.
The Heist and Blankenberge ships still landed on the beach every day. After his training at the Antwerp Academy, he regularly stayed in Nieuwpoort from 1908 onwards. The entire Flemish coast exerted a great attraction on the young Seghers. He found much inspiration in the harbors of Oostende and Zeebrugge, with their daily arriving and departing fishing boats.
During World War I he stayed in Southwestern England, in Barnstaple at the mouth of the River Taw.
He develops into a gifted impressionist realist, painting with a bold hand and a clear southern coloristic touch. Besides being a painter of oil paints, gouaches, and watercolors, he worked as a documentary illustrator and etcher of the slowly but surely disappearing professional seafaring. In addition, he was an excellent ship model builder and, in 1952, closely involved in the founding of the National Maritime Museum in Antwerp.
ARTIST: Maurice Seghers - signed - dated on the back
MEDIUM: watercolor on paper
Date: 1919
Dimensions: 34 × 25 cm (frame not included)
STATE: Very good. Not framed.
Seller's Story
Arriere-garde is a rebellious gallery with a trained eye for various forms of beauty: from old master prints and cartography to landscape painting and contemporary masters.
Translated by Google TranslateThe Antwerp-based maritime painter Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) was born into an artistic family. Unlike his father—the shipping broker/seascape painter Henri Seghers Jr. (1848-1919)—he was allowed to attend the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. From 1892, he spent the summers with his parents at the family villa 'De Schuit' in Knokke, which at the time was still a village. Here he became acquainted with the local fishing industry.
The Heist and Blankenberge ships still landed on the beach every day. After his training at the Antwerp Academy, he regularly stayed in Nieuwpoort from 1908 onwards. The entire Flemish coast exerted a great attraction on the young Seghers. He found much inspiration in the harbors of Oostende and Zeebrugge, with their daily arriving and departing fishing boats.
During World War I he stayed in Southwestern England, in Barnstaple at the mouth of the River Taw.
He develops into a gifted impressionist realist, painting with a bold hand and a clear southern coloristic touch. Besides being a painter of oil paints, gouaches, and watercolors, he worked as a documentary illustrator and etcher of the slowly but surely disappearing professional seafaring. In addition, he was an excellent ship model builder and, in 1952, closely involved in the founding of the National Maritime Museum in Antwerp.
ARTIST: Maurice Seghers - signed - dated on the back
MEDIUM: watercolor on paper
Date: 1919
Dimensions: 34 × 25 cm (frame not included)
STATE: Very good. Not framed.
Seller's Story
Arriere-garde is a rebellious gallery with a trained eye for various forms of beauty: from old master prints and cartography to landscape painting and contemporary masters.
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Artist
Maurice Seghers (1883-1959)
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Bloemen
Technique
Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Belgium
Year
1919
Condition
Good condition
Height
34 cm
Width
25 cm
Depiction/Theme
Still life
Style
Impressionism
Period
1910-1920
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