Description: IMPORTANT 19TH CENTURY ANTIQUE FIGURATIVE LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY REVERED BELGIAN MASTER HENDRIK HENRI DE PRATERE. (Belgian 1815-1890). THIS WORK DEPICTS A METICULOUSLY RENDERED LANDSCAPE SCENE IN BELGIUM. THE SCENE IS IMBUED WITH A SOFT, ETHEREAL LIGHT THAT FILTERS THROUGH A VEIL OF FOG, CREATING A SENSE OF DEPTH AND REALISM. HENRI DE PRATERE IS RENOWNED FOR HIS LOOSE AND FLUID BRUSHSTROKES, BLENDING COLORS TO EVOKE THE TRANSIENT EFFECTS OF NATURAL LIGHT, SHADOW, AND WEATHER. FIGURES ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE SCENE; PERHAPS LOCAL TOWNSFOLK DEPICTED WITH JUST ENOUGH DETAIL TO SUGGEST THEIR PRESENCE WITHOUT DOMINATING THE COMPOSITION. THIS IS A MASTERPIECE. BRILLIANTLY RENDERED WITH SPOT-ON ACCURACY. IT IS SIGNED BY HENRI DE PRATERE IN THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR AS SHOWN. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE ESTATE, BEVERLY HILLS CALIFORNIA. DIMENSIONS INCLUDING THE FRAME: 18” W x 21” H DIMENSIONS WITHOUT THE FRAME: 11” W x 15” H Henri De Pratere (1815–1890) Alternative names Hendrik De Praetere; Henri de Pratere; Hendrik de Pratere Known for painting. Belgian painter Date of birth/death 14 December 1815 16 December 1890 Location of birth Kortrijk Henri De Pratere Male / Belgian Painter Name variants Hendrik De Pratere Henri De Praetere Henri Depraetere Henri Depratere Nationality/school Belgian Born KORTRIJK (WEST FLANDERS) 1815-12-14 Deceased 1890-12-16 Qualifications Painter Subject GENRE PRESENTATION LANDSCAPE (PICTIONAL WORK) Literature in RKDLibrary The Belgian visual artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, vol. 1, p. 411 (as: De Pratere, Henri (Hendrik)) Biographical dictionary of Belgian artists from 1830 to 1970, vol. 1, p. 160 Lexicon of the Belgian romantic painters Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et tous pays par un groupe d'écrivains spécialistes français et étrangers [1966] Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875
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Artist: Henri De Pratere
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Henri De Pratere
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Period: Historicism (1850-1900)
Material: Oil On Board
Region of Origin: Europe Belguim
Framing: Framed
Subject: Landscape, Figurative Belgian Belguim
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1870s
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Theme: Art, 19th Century Figurative Belguim Landscape, People
Style: Impressionism, Figurative Art
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Culture: Old Master European Impressionist
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
