Portrait Of A Lady Reclining, Karel Van Belle (1884-1958)

Karel Van Belle (1884-1958)

Title." Souvenir ".

Period. Signed a dated 1944 (lower left)

Provenance: Frim a private UK collection

Overall size with the frame is 130 cm x 90 cm x 6 cm and the painting measured at 110 cm x 69 cm

A fabulous and very large portrait of a lady reclining on her sofa with her pet dog faithfully waiting as his owner contemplates after being left don't appears with a souvenir perhaps from a romantic encounter. The evocative work is typical of Van Belles work and of his approach to the use of vibrancy within his choice of colours. We are left wondering what the woman's emotional state of mind is but for sure her loyal pet is waiting nearby. A wonderful composition by an extremely well collected 20th century artist.

Karel Van Belle (Charles Van Belle)was a Belgian painter born in Ghent in 1884 and died there in 1959.. Training at the Ghent Academy under the direction of J. Van Biesbroeck, J. Delvin and L. Tytgadt. Honorable mention (third prize) at the Prix de Rome in 1913. . Van Belle's Van work often featured women, including Madonnas, young girls, dancers, and Spanish beauties and frequently his portraits represented women in almost a mystical context .

The painter produced several paintings of women reclining and the one being offered is one of the best that we've come across and is in lovely original condition.

The record price for the artist at auction is 21,394 USD for Columbus sets foot in America, sold at Bernaerts Auctioneers in 2020.

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