Léon DE SMET (Ghent 1881 – Deurle 1966) - Lot 78

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Léon DE SMET (Ghent 1881 – Deurle 1966) - Lot 78
Léon DE SMET (Ghent 1881 – Deurle 1966) Orchard at Sunset in the Lys Valley (probably near Sint-Martens-Latem), 1908 Oil on panel, monogrammed “LDS” in a circle at the lower left, approx. 26.5 x 37 cm. Exhibition: label “Private art collection in Tervuren and the surrounding area, H.-Hartcollege, Tervuren, May 21–June 5, 1966, No. 71 (typed label on the reverse mentioning the artist, the title “Landschap,” the date 1908, and the owner). This exhibition of private collections is included in the exhibition history of Frits Van den Berghe published by the Oscar De Vos Gallery (Sint-Martens-Latem); its 1970 edition appears in a provenance record published by De Vuyst. Provenance: Van Huffel Collection, Private Collection. Note: A work from the Sint-Martens-Latem period (1906–1913), during which De Smet, a member of “Vie et Lumière,” painted the orchards and meadows of the Leiestreek in a luminist style influenced by Emile Claus. An orchard viewed from above in low-angle light; blue-green shadows from the fruit trees cast toward the foreground, pink trunks, a curtain of poplars, and a yellow-green sky.
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