Belgian Paintings

Henry Stuyck, 19th Century Folk Art Horse and Carriage Painting, Caporal, 1883 A wonderfully characterful and highly decorative late-19th-c...

Vintage framed oil painting on canvas, 1970. Depicts a woman with pill, standing in a moonlit landscape. Signed with R.Boutens, 70. Dimensions: 108 W x 88 H x 3.5 D cm.

Belgium / 1991 / painting / canvas, wood / Antique / Baroque / Rococo Baroque style signed painting with highly decorative gilded wooden frame from Belgium. Signed in the right co...

Bram Bogart (1921-2012), Abstract composition, Painting, mixed-media, Signed on the bottom right and at the back, With modern frame, Belgium, 1991. Measures: Height 60 cm, width 80 cm. Bram Bogart (July 12, 1921 – May 2, 2012) was a Belgian expressionist...

Charles Melikoff is a Belgian Orientalist Impressionist & Modern painter. In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to...

"Soldat arabe en prière", 1899 - gouache on paper. By Théophile Marie Françoise Lybaert (1848 Ghent -1927 Ghent). Academic painter, he was a pupil of Jean-Léon Gérôme, who exerte...

M. Laurent – Naïve Folk Art Hunting Scene with Horses & Hounds, 20th Century A wonderfully characterful 20th-century oil on canvas by the French painter Laurent, depicting a traditional country hunt with scarlet-coated riders on horseback following a lively pack of hounds through an expansive rural landscape. Signed Laurent lower right, the painting is particularly appealing for its distinctive naïve handling. Horses, riders and hounds are rendered with simplified forms, flattened perspective and wonderfully direct brushwork, giving the composition a charm quite removed from the polished formality of conventional sporting art. Across the landscape, five mounted riders make their way through the countryside, their brilliant scarlet coats providing striking points of colour amongst fresh greens, ochres and the softly painted blue-grey sky. In the foreground, a rider on a chestnut horse follows the hounds at pace, while immediately beyond, another rider on a substantial white horse negotiates a fallen tree beside the water. Further mounted figures appear across the middle distance on white, grey and brown horses, creating a surprisingly effective sense of movement across the landscape. But it is perhaps the pack of hounds that gives the painting its greatest charm. Predominantly white and individually marked with chestnut and darker patches, the hounds race enthusiastically through the countryside in small groups. Each has been constructed from remarkably economical brushstrokes, yet together they immediately convey the energy and excitement of the hunt. A Naïve Interpretation of the Hunt Rather than approaching the subject with the anatomical precision traditionally associated with British sporting painting, Laurent has interpreted the hunt in an altogether more instinctive manner. Perspective is deliberately flattened. Proportions shift throughout the composition. Riders are reduced almost to silhouettes, while horses and hounds are described through strong outlines and confident areas of colour. It is precisely this unconventional handling that makes the painting so appealing. The scarlet coats of the huntsmen form a repeating rhythm across the landscape, while the pale horses echo the predominantly white bodies of the hounds below. A stream winds through the foreground, crossed by fallen timber, while a slender bare tree rises dramatically at the left of the composition. Beyond, softly described woodland and distant countryside disappear towards a broad horizon beneath the atmospheric sky. There is a wonderful sense of storytelling without unnecessary detail. Seen closely, individual passages are almost abstract in their simplicity. Stepping back, they resolve into a remarkably lively country scene filled with horses, riders and hounds. It is an immensely decorative example of 20th-century naïve sporting art. Horses & Hounds The individual animals are particularly appealing. A chestnut horse dominates the foreground, shown at full stretch as its scarlet-coated rider follows the hounds. Nearby, a large white horse carefully negotiates the fallen timber, while further chestnut, grey and white horses progress across the landscape behind. Each has its own slightly eccentric proportions and character — an important part of the painting's naïve quality rather than an attempt at conventional equestrian realism. The hounds are equally charming. Painted predominantly in white with warm chestnut and dark markings, they move across the composition in small groups. Some follow the pack while others appear to be enthusiastically choosing their own route through the landscape. Their repeated forms create a sense of movement across the lower half of the painting and provide a wonderful counterpoint to the mounted figures above. Laurent Relatively little biographical information concerning the 20th-century French painter M. Laurent appears to have been published. The artist is nevertheless recorded within international art-market databases as a 20th-century French painter, with works having appeared at auction. Particularly interesting in relation to the present painting are recorded works entitled Retour de chasse (Return from the Hunt) and Retour de chasse au faisan (Return from Pheasant Hunting...

Far from referring to the gothic, or melancholic aspect that fascinates some people in these anatomical model, Dominique Yee (b. 1960), a Flemish painter with Chinese roots, has capt...

Charming painting of a farm landscape featuring a windmill and old cottages; signed "Wittouck" at the bottom left; Belgium, first half of the 20th century. An atypical landscape pai...

Painting of a Gypsy, Bohemian woman drawing the cards. Representation of a Cartomancer and Fortune Teller. Oil on canvas. Very well represented. fine and pleasant features. Delicate work. Signed lower right by M. Callewaert circa 1940 Maurice CALLEWAERT is a Belgian artist born in Belgium in 1900 and died in France in Paris in 1986. Belgian painter from West Flanders...

oil on wood, 19th century signed lower right by Jean Henri Decoene, Belgian school good quality of painting, framed in a new frame Jean Henri de Coene, born in Nederbrakel, East Fla...

Landscape painting with a castle and figures, Northern School, late 17th – early 18th century, oil on canvas. The expansive landscape, featuring a river and an arched bridge on the l...

Mid century artwork by Belgian artist Germain Rotsaert who uses melted copper and painted it to create colourfoul graphical works. Signed bottom left ? Measures: Height: 61cm/24...

Shown in this beautiful piece of art are two Male Kongo Figures. The work of artist André Billen (1921-1998) is deeply influenced by African culture.   Measurements of this piece ...

Oil on canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1984.

Gouache painting by Guy Vandenbranden - Belgium 1996.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1993.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1998.

Oil on canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1999.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden - Belgium 1998

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1989.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1997.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1999.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 2000.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1990.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1994.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1996

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1993.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1979.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1998.

Water painting by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1994.

Oil on canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 2008.

Oil on canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 2012.

Oil on canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 1996.

Oil on canvas by Guy Vandenbranden, Belgium, 2000.

Bram Bogart, Painting, Signed on the Back, circa 1970, Belgium. Height 55 cm, width 76 cm. Bram Bogart (July 12, 1921 – May 2, 2012) was a Belgian Expressionist painter closely associated with the COBRA group...