Les Deuillants

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EUGÈNE JULES JOSEPH LAERMANS (BELGIAN, 1864-1940)
Les Deuillants
signed and dated 'Eug. Laermans 1894' (lower right), further signed and inscribed 'Eug Laermans Chex de Gand 118. Bruxelles 'Les deuillants' (on an old label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
47¾ x 59¼ in. (121.3 x 150.5 cm.)
bearing paper inventory labels 'RE/341' below a crown and 'R/341' below a crown (on the reverse)

Provenance

Elizabeth, Queen of the Belgians (1876-1965).
Maria-José, Queen of Italy (1906-2001).

Exhibited

Eposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Citta di Venezia, 1912, no.878.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

A student of the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts, Brussels, between 1882 and 1887, Laermans went on to exhibit both at the official Salons and with La Libre Esthétique, the successor of Les XX in Brussels. He participated in the Vienna Secessions of 1898 and 1899.
The muted palette, stark landscape and processional composition of the work sold here is typical of much of his oeuvre, which frequently engages with the plight of the poor and labouring classes.

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