Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) - De wolken - Engelse kust
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De wolken - Engelse kust is an oil painting on panel by Belgian Impressionist Maurice Seghers (circa 1916), measuring 33 × 25 cm and signed.
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The Antwerp seascape painter Maurice Seghers (1883-1959) was born into an artistic family. Unlike his father - shipbroker and seascape painter Henri Seghers Jr. (1848-1919) - he was allowed to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
From 1892 he spent summers with his parents at the family villa ‘De Schuit’ in Knokke, then still a village. Here he became acquainted with the local fishing. The Heist and Blankenberge boats used to land there daily on the shore.
After his studies at the Antwerp academy, he regularly stayed in Nieuwpoort from 1908 onward. The entire Flemish coast exerted a strong attraction on the young Seghers. He drew much inspiration from the harbors of Ostend and Zeebrugge with their daily in- and outporting fishing vessels.
During the First World War he resided in South-West England, in Barnstaple at the mouth of the River Taw.
He developed into a gifted impressionist realist, painting with a bold hand and a clear southern colorist.
Besides painting in oils, gouaches and watercolors, he worked as a documentary draftsman and etcher of the slowly but surely disappearing professional sailing fleet. 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 - with inventory number on verso from studio - and inscription in pencil in English on the verso
MEDIUM: Oil on panel
DATED: circa 1916
DIMENSIONS: 33 x 25 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 - shipbroker and seascape painter Henri Seghers Jr. (1848-1919) - he was allowed to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
From 1892 he spent summers with his parents at the family villa ‘De Schuit’ in Knokke, then still a village. Here he became acquainted with the local fishing. The Heist and Blankenberge boats used to land there daily on the shore.
After his studies at the Antwerp academy, he regularly stayed in Nieuwpoort from 1908 onward. The entire Flemish coast exerted a strong attraction on the young Seghers. He drew much inspiration from the harbors of Ostend and Zeebrugge with their daily in- and outporting fishing vessels.
During the First World War he resided in South-West England, in Barnstaple at the mouth of the River Taw.
He developed into a gifted impressionist realist, painting with a bold hand and a clear southern colorist.
Besides painting in oils, gouaches and watercolors, he worked as a documentary draftsman and etcher of the slowly but surely disappearing professional sailing fleet. 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 - with inventory number on verso from studio - and inscription in pencil in English on the verso
MEDIUM: Oil on panel
DATED: circa 1916
DIMENSIONS: 33 x 25 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 - Engelse kust
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Belgium
Year
1916
Condition
Good condition
Height
25 cm
Width
33 cm
Depiction/theme
Seascape
Style
Impressionism
Period
1910-1920
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