03 Works, The amorous game, Edward Portielje's Courtships, with Footnotes, #97

Edward Portielje (1861- 1949)

Courtship

Oil on panel

16in x 12.5in

Private collection

Estimated for  $4,000 USD - $6,000 USD in Mar 2023

Signed in the lower left. Depicting a young woman knitting next to an open window as a fisherman peers in for a conversation. 

Edward Portielje (1861- 1949)

Courting

Oil on panel

l. 14.96 inch X H. 18.11 inch

Private collection

Estimated for  $4,000 USD - $6,000 USD in Mar 2023

In this painting we can see a young woman being courted by a young fisherman. The woman is wearing traditional Zeeland clothing that is often seen in Portielje’s paintings. The man is dressed in a white shirt and blue vest, wearing a basket on his back. He’s softly holding the hand of the woman, while grabbing her shoulder. His actions are making the woman blush, while she is looking away from her suitor. More on this painting

Edward Portielje (1861- 1949)

The Declaration

Oil on panel

46 x 35.5 cm

Private collection

Edward Antoon Portielje (8 February 1861, Antwerp - 18 December 1949, Antwerp) was a Belgian genre painter.

His first art lessons came from his father. Next, he attended the Royal Atheneum [nl] and, from 1873, took after-school classes at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, with Edward Dujardin. From 1877 to 1881, he was a full-time student there, under the tutelage of Polydore Beaufaux, Charles Verlat and Nicaise de Keyser.

Genre scenes were his speciality, with an occasional portrait or seascape. Much of his inspiration came from the fishing communities in Zeeland. Many of his works are series of similar interior scenes, created according to the wishes of his agents, Albert D'Huyvetter [nl] and Guillaume Campo (1880-1952). They generally consist of a room with a sunny window, occupied by women in traditional costume, engaged in some daily activity. These paintings were very popular; selling throughout Europe and the United States.

In 1894, he worked together with Edouard de Jans and Joseph Dierickx to create murals for the Exposition Internationale d'Anvers. More on Edward Antoon Portielje

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