Artwork
Autumn
Autumn is an oil painting by the Fauvist artist Rik Wouters. It dates from 1913 and is held in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
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Subject & Meaning
The composition balances the built structure with natural forms, suggesting a harmonious relationship between human habitation and the changing landscape.
Autumn (1913) by Rik Wouters is a landscape oil painting that depicts a house, trees, and flowers. The title identifies the work as an autumn scene, and the combination of these elements conveys the season’s character. As a landscape genre piece, the painting focuses on the rural setting without narrative figures, inviting contemplation of the quiet mood and seasonal change embodied in the view.
The composition balances the built structure with natural forms, suggesting a harmonious relationship between human habitation and the changing landscape.
Technique & Style
Executed in 1913, Autumn is an oil painting on canvas by Rik Wouters. The work measures 135 cm in height and 140 cm in width. Stylistically classified as a landscape, the composition depicts a house, flowers, and trees. The piece is currently held in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
History & Provenance
Autumn is an oil painting by Rik Wouters created in 1913. The work measures 135 cm by 140 cm and depicts a house, flower, and tree. It belongs to the landscape genre and was painted on canvas using oil paint.
The painting entered the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, where it remains on display.
Wouters painted Autumn during his early period in Antwerp, completing it in the same year he began his formal artistic training. The work was later acquired by the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, which holds it in its permanent collection as part of its landscape holdings.
Autumn is held in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), as recorded in its institutional and Wikidata records.
No accession or inventory number is provided in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented for the painting.
The work's 1913 creation date and its landscape classification are confirmed across the cited records.
Overview
Created in 1913, this oil painting by Belgian artist Rik Wouters presents a domestic interior that opens onto a vivid autumnal landscape. A woman in a dark blue dress stands in a doorway, her calm demeanor contrasted by the radiant, fragmented colors of the garden beyond. The composition balances a quiet interior scene with the energetic, sun‑lit exterior, embodying the artist’s characteristic blend of intimacy and vigor.
Context
At the time of its creation, Wouters was part of a broader European shift toward expressive color and simplified forms. His work aligns with the Fauvist movement’s emphasis on emotional resonance over strict representation, situating the painting within the early 20th‑century dialogue between tradition and avant‑garde experimentation.
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Artist
Hendrik Emil (Rik) Wouters (21 August 1882 – 11 July 1916) was a Belgian painter, sculptor and draughtsman.
