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Dorp in de lente

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1936

Constant Permeke

Currently not on display
Acquired in 1951
Inventory number 381

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Description

Permeke’s 'Village in Spring' and 'Summer' are painted in the 1930s just after the Great Crash of 1929 that plunged the Western world into an economic crisis. Painted in broad brush strokes, these works glorify farm life and the simplicity of rural existence.

[exhibition text 2017]

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