Gustave Van de Woestyne - Carafe d'eau et Cafetiére - image-1

Lot 465 Dα

Gustave Van de Woestyne - Carafe d'eau et Cafetiére

Auction 1090 - overview Cologne
31.05.2017, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €
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Gustave Van de Woestyne

Carafe d'eau et Cafetiére
Circa 1942

Oil on canvas 50 x 55 cm Framed. Signed 'GVE VAN DE WOESTYNE' in grey lower right and additionally signed Maxime van de Woestyne ["Maxime" mostly made illegible] in blue by the son verso on the stretcher. - The base of the left jug and in the outermost margins with small, unobtrusive retouches.

The Belgian expressionist Gustave Van de Woestyne belongs to the first group of artists with an inclination towards symbolism working in Sint-Martens-Latem in the South of Gent, together with George Minne and Valerius de Saedeleer, among others. Constant Permeke, Gustave and Leon de Smet as well as Frits van den Berghe then followed suit.
Van de Woestyne's works are stylistically characterised by the sleek planar aesthetics of New Objectivity. He equally devoted himself to still life and portrait painting in expressionistically heightened perspectives.

Certificate

We would like to thank Huguette Van de Woestyne-Vanagt, the artist's daughter-in-law, for confirmatory information.

Provenance

Artist's estate; Galerie Oscar de Vos, Sint-Martens-Latem; Private possession, Belgium