Léon Joseph Van Nueten (1877-1958) - Zonlicht aan de Leie

Exceptionally post-impressionist, signed top piece by the Ghent painter Leon Joseph van Nueten (1877-1958). The painting is sold with its original frame.

- Artist: Leon Joseph van Nueten
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Period: 1920-1930
- Dimensions: 39.5 x 60 cm (frame excluded); 48 x 68.5 cm (frame included)
- Signed: bottom left
- Sold with frame

Leon Joseph van Nueten (Ghent, 1877 – Sint-Agatha-Berchem, 1958) was a Belgian painter known for his intimate, post-impressionist paintings in which he depicted daily life and nature.

The oil painting offered for sale is a typical work of the artist. His style is characterized by a loose, pointillist or impressionistic brushstroke with a strong sense of light, atmosphere and seasons.

Just like his regional contemporary Emile Claus, Leon van Nueten found his greatest inspiration along the banks of the Leie. Van Nueten regularly ventured from nearby Ghent to this picturesque river landscape to capture the typical Flemish rural life.

This painting, with the reflections of the village houses in the calm water, exudes exactly the same atmosphere as Claus's world-famous Leie views.