Paul Mathieu (1872-1932) - Dorpsgezicht

Very beautiful work by Paul Mathieu.
Canvas size 50 x 60 cm.

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Paul Mathieu is especially known for his luminist and post-impressionist landscapes, cityscapes, harbor views, interiors and still lifes. From the age of twelve he attended the École Normale d'Art in Brussels. There he learned drawing and the craft of woodworker. Because he mainly worked en plein air, you see few figures in his artworks; he usually worked in the Kempen and along the Belgian coast. He was admitted to the Brussels Salon in 1893 and appeared at the World's Fair in Antwerp. He became a teacher of "line drawing" at the Brussels Academy from 1896 until his death in 1932. Together with the painter Alfred Bastien he worked on the 'Panorama of Belgian Congo', intended for the World's Fair in Ghent in 1913. This panorama became a gigantic canvas: fifteen meters high and with a circumference of 150 meters. Mathieu painted the landscapes and Bastien the peasant scenes and the depiction of types of people. This colossal work became a grand success with 480,000 visitors. During the First World War he remained in Paris where he, as a Flemish colorist, depicted Parisian city views in his own distinctive manner. Most of his works are in private hands, but there are also works in museums in Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Elsene and Kortrijk.