"I. Van Mens - Orientalist Scene"
Isidore Van Mens - Orientalist scene - 1931Engraving
Place de la Kasbah à Algiers
Signed lower right
Dated (19)31 and titled lower left
Dimensions:
Engraving: 35 X 46 cm (at sight)
Frame: 53 X 63,5 cm
New wooden frame
Perfect condition.
Beautiful subject by a painter whose Orientalist works are the most sought-after and highly rated.
Isidore Van Mens (1890-1985)
Dutch painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and engraver.
(His father was Van Gogh’s pupil at Zundert)
Van Mens lived mainly in Belgium and is often considered a Belgian painter.
His works can be found in several museums, including Schaerbeek and Mons. He will stay in the history of Belgian painters as a great Orientalist.
Bibliography:
Benezit
Dictionnaire Biographique des Artistes en Belgique depuis 1830 (Arto)
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
Rivista Artiquariato