Hippolyte Petitjean

Donzy-le-Perthuis - Burgundy - Post Impressionist Oil, Landscape - H Petitjean

c.1900

Signed divisionist landscape oil on canvas by Belgian post impressionist painter Modest Huys. This stunning piece depicts workers on the bank of a river loading flax onto barges. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 23"x27" Unframed: 15"x19" Provenance: Private collection - Belgium Modest Huys (25 October 1874, in Zulte – 30 January 1932, in Zulte) was a Flemish impressionist and luminist painter, who is regarded as one of the greatest Belgian painters of the 20th century. From a young age, Modest Huys worked in his father's painting and decorating business and later studied at the "Gentse Nijverheidschool" (Ghent Industrial School). In 1891 or 1892, he came into contact with Emile Claus, who encouraged his artistic inclinations. In 1900, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts where his teachers were Eugène Joors and Frans Van Leemputten but he never completed his studies. It was about this time that he became lifelong friends with the author Stijn Streuvels. In 1902, he debuted at the Sint-Lucasgilde in Kortrijk and began to exhibit more widely. He spent time in Meetjesland, painting landscapes. From 1905, he participated in the exhibitions of Vie et Lumière...

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