Art Society
Kunst van Heden
Kunst van Heden was an art society founded in 1905. It was active from 1905 to 1959. This catalog holds 226 public-domain works by 11 of its members. Its artists are most associated with Symbolism.
About
Kunst van Heden (Art of Today) was a prominent Belgian artist society founded in Antwerp in 1905 to promote modern art and counter academic conservatism. The group united leading figures of the Belgian avant-garde, including James Ensor and George Minne, and remained active until 1959.
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Member artists
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James Ensor 1860–1949 Connections -
Eugène Laermans 1864–1940 -
Emile Claus 1849–1924 -
Constantin Meunier 1831–1905 -
Richard Baseleer 1867–1951 -
Henry Luyten 1859–1945 -
Jakob Smits 1855–1928 Connections -
Albert Baertsoen 1866–1922 -
Charles Mertens 1865–1919 -
George Morren 1868–1941 -
George Minne 1866–1941 Connections
Works by its members
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Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved) -
The Drunkard -
Music in the Vlaanderenstraat -
The Painter Alfred William Finch -
Ensor at his Easel -
Storm -
Waterloo Bridge, sun and rain -
The river Lys at Astene -
Un soir de grève -
In a Salt Refinery at Rupelmonde -
Theo Hannon -
Skeletons fighting over a Hanged Man -
Flowers and Vegetables -
Ostend Harbour -
Still Life with Chinoiseries -
The Rower -
Man of Sorrows -
The Pithead -
Portrait of Jenny Montigny -
Flax harvesting -
Tobacco Factory, Seville -
Madame Richard Baseleer -
Back of a Chair -
Still Life with Oysters -
Woman with Blue Shawl -
The Intrigue (Ensor) -
Mask and Crustaceans -
The Oyster Eater -
The White Cloud -
The Skate -
The Rooftops of Ostend -
Bathing-hut -
Skeleton Painter in his Studio -
The Breakwater -
Pietà -
Malvina -
The Painter Jacques Rosseels -
The asters -
The Father of the Convict -
Women Working in a Glass Factory -
Removal of a Broken Crucible -
Man at the Press -
Icône - Portrait of Eugène Demolder -
Still Life with Fish and Shells -
Still Life with Sea Shells -
The Cemetery -
François Franck -
Winter -
De markt voor de schouwburg in Antwerpen -
Summer -
Square in Flanders -
Grey Seascape -
Afternoon in Ostend -
Astonishment of the Mask Wouse -
Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise -
Sloops -
Still Life with chinoiseries -
Fall of the Rebel Angels -
The Lady with Red Parasol -
Azaleas