Bathing Women (Q21680062)

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artist: Eugène Laermans (Q598897)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1979-J

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1979-J

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: The misery of emigrants and beggars was Eugène Laermans’ favourite subject. His other rural depictions also usually exude a sombre atmosphere. In his vision, even a light-hearted scene with bathers acquires a serious, almost ritualistic character. With their solid forms and heavy outlines the…

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