Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) - De wolken
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The painting De wolken is an oil on canvas landscape by Maurice Seghers (Belgium), dated circa 1910, in the impressionist style, 30 by 21 cm, signed, original edition, in very good condition and unframed.
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The Antwerp seascape painter Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) was born into an artistic family. Unlike his father - stevedore and 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 in the family villa ‘De Schuit’ in the then village-like Knokke. Here he became familiar with the local fishing industry. The Heist and Blankenberge boats still landed there daily on the beach.
After completing his studies at the Antwerp academy, he regularly stayed in Nieuwpoort from 1908 onwards. The entire Flemish coast attracted the young Seghers very much. He found much inspiration in the harbors of Oostende and Zeebrugge with their daily entering and leaving fishing vessels.
During World War I he stayed in Southwest England, in Barnstaple at the mouth of the River Taw.
He developed into a gifted impressionist realist, painting in a fairly bold hand with a clear southern palette.
Besides being a painter of oil paints, gouaches and watercolors, he worked as a documentary draftsman and etcher of the gradually disappearing professional seafaring. In addition, he was an excellent ship-model builder and in 1952 was closely involved in the founding of the National Maritime Museum in Antwerp.
ARTIST: Maurice Seghers - unsigned - internal inventory number on verso from atelier - located Fintele
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DATED: circa 1910
DIMENSIONS: 30x21 cm
CONDITION: 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 seascape painter Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) was born into an artistic family. Unlike his father - stevedore and 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 in the family villa ‘De Schuit’ in the then village-like Knokke. Here he became familiar with the local fishing industry. The Heist and Blankenberge boats still landed there daily on the beach.
After completing his studies at the Antwerp academy, he regularly stayed in Nieuwpoort from 1908 onwards. The entire Flemish coast attracted the young Seghers very much. He found much inspiration in the harbors of Oostende and Zeebrugge with their daily entering and leaving fishing vessels.
During World War I he stayed in Southwest England, in Barnstaple at the mouth of the River Taw.
He developed into a gifted impressionist realist, painting in a fairly bold hand with a clear southern palette.
Besides being a painter of oil paints, gouaches and watercolors, he worked as a documentary draftsman and etcher of the gradually disappearing professional seafaring. In addition, he was an excellent ship-model builder and in 1952 was closely involved in the founding of the National Maritime Museum in Antwerp.
ARTIST: Maurice Seghers - unsigned - internal inventory number on verso from atelier - located Fintele
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
DATED: circa 1910
DIMENSIONS: 30x21 cm
CONDITION: 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
De wolken
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Belgium
Year
1905
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
21 cm
Width
30 cm
Depiction/theme
Landscape
Style
Impressionism
Period
1910-1920
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