Gustave De Smet (1877-1943)
Lot 9 Property from the Vanthournout Collection

Gustave De Smet (1877-1943)

Girl with blue scarf

Closed15 November 2011

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EUR 109,000

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Gustave De Smet (1877-1943)
Girl with blue scarf
signed 'Gust. De Smet' (lower left)
oil on canvas
75 x 56 cm.
Painted in 1931.

Emile Langui, Ghent.

Specialist note

In 1930 Gustave De Smet moved to the countryside of Deurle. The landscape and the life of the farmers became his main inspiration. We see a minor stylistic change in the paintings he made around that time. These works are characterized by a velvety and soft paint expression. The present lot is considered to be one of the the first works in this new style. The harmonized colour patches provide a balanced composition (see: P. Boyens, Gust. De Smet, Antwerp, 1989. pp. 240, 244).