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View of a Port - Antique Oil Painting
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View of a Port - Antique Oil Painting

1900 - 1920
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Signed oil on canvas - Amedee Degreef (1878 - 1968). The painting is mounted in a quality moulded frame and black slip. It is also signed on the rear with the artists signature and what looks like the name of the port - Ostend. It is dated on the front 1927.

Amedee Degreef was born in Auderghem in 1878 and was the son of the celebrated painter Jean-Baptiste Degreef. Degreef initially wanted to pursue a musical profession but on the advice of his father, who had recognised his artistic talents, attended the Academy of Brussels. Upon graduating he joined the artistic group, `Le Sillon' and settled in the outskirts of Brussels. He was a painter of diverse subjects, including landscapes, still life, marines and portraits.

Dimensions - 88 cm x 67 cm

Physical Dimensions
Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
88cm (34.65")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Declaration

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Port Oil Painting to the 1920s.

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SA780810
Description
Signed oil on canvas - Amedee Degreef (1878 - 1968). The painting is mounted in a quality moulded frame and black slip.
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It is also signed on the rear with the artists signature and what looks like the name of the port - Ostend.
Rue des Fontenelles

It is dated on the front 1927.

fig 1. An impressionist oil painting depicting wooden barges and boats moored in a calm harbour under a pale sky.
fig 1. View of a Port - Antique Oil Painting

Amedee Degreef was born in Auderghem in 1878 and was the son of the celebrated painter Jean-Baptiste Degreef. Degreef initially wanted to pursue a musical profession but on the advice of his father, who had recognised his artistic talents, attended the Academy of Brussels. Upon graduating he joined the artistic group, `Le Sillon' and settled in the outskirts of Brussels. He was a painter of diverse subjects, including landscapes, still life, marines and portraits.

Dimensions - 88 cm x 67 cm

Height
67cm (26.38")
Width
88cm (34.65")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated this Antique Port Oil Painting to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA780810
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Early twentieth-century impressionist maritime paintings typically feature energetic brushwork, visible impasto, and an emphasis on atmospheric light and reflections across water bodies such as ports, docks, and harbours.

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