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This landscape painting by Gustave de Smet employs expressive brushwork and a muted palette to capture the serene beauty of the countryside. A solitary tree anchors the composition, surrounded by fields of dappled colour.
Gustave de Smet, a Belgian painter (1877-1943), is known for his contributions to Fauvism and Expressionism. His artistic journey involved experimentation with various styles, often depicting rural and urban scenes with a focus on form and colour. De Smet's work often reflects the influence of the Latem School, a group of artists who sought to capture the essence of the Belgian countryside. He spent time in the Netherlands during the First World War, where he developed his style further. His later works show a move towards a more simplified, geometric style. This untitled landscape painting showcases de Smet's expressive brushwork and use of colour to evoke a sense of place. A solitary tree stands to the left, its trunk a dark vertical accent. The foliage is rendered in dappled yellows and greens. The foreground is filled with low-lying vegetation in similar hues, while the middle ground opens into a field of muted pinks and yellows. The overall effect is one of serene, sun-drenched tranquility, capturing the quiet beauty of the countryside.

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12-colour giclée printing on FSC-certified 200gsm fine art paper, with lifetime fade resistance.
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When war broke out in 1914, De Smet and his friend Frits Van den Berghe fled Belgium together for the Netherlands. The flight transformed both painters. In the Netherlands, exposure to the Bergen School and to Leo Gestel's work converted De Smet from an Impressionist into an Expressionist. He returned to Belgium in 1922 a different artist. He was born in Ghent in 1877. His father Jules was a decorative painter and photographer. He attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent from 1889 to 1896, then joined the artistic community at Sint-Martens-Latem, where he, Constant Permeke and Van den Berghe became the three founders of Flemish Expressionism, the second Latem School. After the war, he settled in Deurle in 1927. His mature paintings depict farmers, fishermen, popular entertainments and working-class women, composed as geometric, puzzle-like arrangements of coloured shapes that fuse Expressionism with Cubism. Village fairs and circus scenes recur frequently, treated with a formal rigour that lifts them out of genre painting into something more structural. His palette, brighter than Permeke's and more structured than Van den Berghe's, gives his Expressionism a decorative quality that softens without weakening the formal discipline underneath. He died in 1943, at sixty-six.
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