L´attente (1925). Gustave Van de Woestyne (Belgian, Expressionist, 1881-1947). Oil on canvas. Van de
L´attente (1925). Gustave Van de Woestyne (Belgian, Expressionist, 1881-1947). Oil on canvas. Van de Woestyne can been seen as one of the most important representative of the first symbolist generation of the School of Sint Martens-Latem and his work is influenced by the spiritualizing tendency of the symbolists George Minne and Valerius de Saedeleer, nevertheless the intensity of his psychological portraits announces already the expressionism that became visible in the second generation. -- source link
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