Le Lavoir au gymnase

Details

Joseph Dierickx (Belgian, 1865-1959)
Le Lavoir au gymnase
signed and dated 'J. Dierickx 1884' (lower right)
oil on canvas
36 3/8 x 45 ½ in. (92.4 x 115.6 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 October 1987, lot 284B.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 May 1999, lot 111, as In the gym.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Lot Essay

Born in 1865 in Brussels, Joseph Dierickx received his artistic education at the Académie Bruxelles under the tutelage of Jean Francois Portaels and Joseph Stallaert from 1881 to 1886. He received the Prix Godecharle in 1887, which enabled the young artist to travel to Italy to further his artistic studies. In 1892, along with his brother Omer, he was one of the co-founders of Pour L’Art along with Joséphin Péladan, one of foremost proponents of the Symbolist movement in Belgium.

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