{"id":21613,"title":"• 0262 • L’Or – Aarde – Permeke (Gold – Earth – Permeke)","dimensions":"130 x 130 cm","date_begin":"1976-01-01","material":"Matt lacquer on canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":181,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":12,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private collection, Belgium","cached_tag_list":"Jef Verheyen Provence Or Aarde Terre Bruin Groen Green Brown Marcel Van Hool Permeke","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003eArtist's frame (by Schleiper)\u003cbr\u003eSigned on the reverse (black felt pen)\u003cbr\u003eDated on the reverse (black felt pen): '44' [44 = 1932 + 44 = 1976]\u003cbr\u003eOriginally titled: 'L'Or II - Aarde II Thema I - Permeke'\u003cbr\u003eTitled on the reverse (black felt pen):\u0026nbsp; 'L'or II'\u0026nbsp;[IV?]\u003cbr\u003eInscribed on the reverse: 'Provence' [?],\u0026nbsp; 'aarde II thema I'\u003cbr\u003eInscribed on the reverse, on the stretcher (pencil): [colours?]\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":108,"permalink":"262-l-or-ii-aarde-ii-thema-i","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/723/medium_500/262_12.jpg?1718699237","cached_actor_names":"Jef Verheyen","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":""},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/723/large/262_12.jpg?1718699237","poster_credits":"© SABAM Belgium, 2024, Jan Liégeois on behalf of Axel Vervoordt Gallery","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn paintings such as \u003ci\u003eZwarte Zomer\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e(Black\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer) and \u003ci\u003ePermeke\u003c/i\u003e, Jef Verheyen paints his\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperception of the Flemish atmosphere, which is\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erather dark. Later in the 1960s, he travels to Brazil,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMexico, Tunisia, Spain, Italy and France in search\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof light, which is everywhere different.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA northerner in search of southern light: Vincent\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evan Gogh went on the same quest before him.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a letter written in Provence in 1889, Van Gogh\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewrites to his brother about the southern light:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Perhaps my journey into the south will bear\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efruit, however, because the difference of the\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estronger light, the blue sky, teaches one to see,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut especially and only if one looks at it for a long\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etime. (…) one must first and gradually accustom\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone’s eyes to the different light.’\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his travels, Verheyen also writes in\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis letters about the enchantment of the light.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Everything shimmers here!’ He tries to render\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe essence of those impressions on canvas.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn schilderijen als \u003ci\u003eZwarte Zomer\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003eof \u003ci\u003ePermeke\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschildert Jef Verheyen zijn idee van de Vlaamse\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eatmosfeer, die eerder donker is. Later in de jaren\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1960 trekt hij naar Brazilië, Mexico, Tunesië,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanje, Italië en Frankrijk. Hij speurt er naar het\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elicht dat overal anders is.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEen noorderling op zoek naar het zuiderse\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elicht: Vincent van Gogh deed het hem voor.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn een brief uit 1889 schrijft Van Gogh vanuit de\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvence aan zijn broer over het zuiderse licht:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Later zal mijn reis naar het Zuiden wellicht\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoch nog vruchten afwerpen, want door het\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003everschil van het sterkere licht, de blauwe lucht,\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleer je kijken, en dan vooral en zelfs alleen als je\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eer lang naar kijkt. (…) eerst moet je je ogen\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egeleidelijk aan het andere licht laten wennen.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOok Verheyen schrijft in zijn brieven over de\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebetovering van het licht tijdens zijn reizen. “Hier\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etintelt alles!” De essentie van die impressies\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprobeert hij over te brengen op doek.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1232,"name":"Jef Verheyen","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}