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Lot 32:
Description
Keywords: No Reserve, Belgian artist, pastel on paper, interior scene, figures, lamplit interior, genre scene, atmospheric composition, signed pastel, 19th century, framed artwork
Summary:
Charles Hermans (1839–1924) – “The Little Carabitjes Mill” pastel on paper. Signed lower left. Presented in a gilt frame with artist and title plaque.
Hermans was a member of the Association Free Society of Fine Arts, founded in Brussels on 1 March 1868. This organization brought together several renowned Belgian artists who worked in naturalist style such as Charles De Groux, Alfred Verwee, Constantin Meunier, Louis Dubois, Louis Artan Saint-Martin, Felicien Rops, Eugene Smits and Theodore Baron.
Hermans also participated in major international exhibitions such as the art section of the Universal Exhibition held in Paris in 1878, where he showed the painting, At Dawn. His paintings were acquired by museums, both in Belgium and abroad.
(Presents well with some surface craquelure visible throughout and expected scattered age-related wear and minor abrasions. No major losses apparent) Not examined out of frame. Frame with scattered wear, scratches, minor losses, and corner separation or stress at the joints.)
Measurement: Art: 20 x 17 1/2 in. (50.8 x 44.5 cm.), Frame: 25 x 22 1/2 in. (63.5 x 57.2 cm.) approx
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