Artwork
Landscape
Landscape is an oil painting by Valerius de Saedeleer. It dates from 1916 and is held in the collection of the National Library of Wales.
About this work
Overview
Landscape is a 1916 oil painting by Belgian artist Valerius de Saedeleer, characterized by muted colors and a rural scene of rolling hills, fields, distant trees, and houses.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene rural landscape, reflecting de Saedeleer's Symbolist and mystic-religious inclinations through its contemplative, natural setting.
Technique & Style
Executed with visible thick brushstrokes and impasto, the work combines modernist sensibilities with influences from 16th-century Flemish traditions, as associated with the first School of Latem.
History & Provenance
Created in 1916, Landscape is part of the collection of the National Library of Wales.
Artist & collection
Artist
Valerius de Saedeleer or Valerius De Saedeleer (4 August 1867 – 16 September 1941) was a Belgian landscape painter, whose works are informed by a Symbolist and mystic-religious sensitivity and the traditions of 16th-century Flemish…
