Hubert Malfait (1898-1971) - At The Beach 1930 -

Charcoal and Grease Pencil Drawing on paper signed lower right: H.Malfait.
Measuring 27cm x 18.5cm without frame, 43cm x 33cm in total.
Depicting a Lively Beach on the Belgian Coast painted around 1930.

Hubert Malfait, 1898-1971, Belgian painter of landscapes, genre scenes, figure compositions and still lifes. He belongs to the second group of the School of Laethem Saint Martin. He began in Impressionism and it was none other than Émile Claus, a successful painter living in the region, who encouraged Hubert Malfait to draw. He was then a student of Jean Delvin and George Minne at the Academy of Ghent from 1916 to 1922. Pijpin Prize in 1922 and Second Prix de Rome 1923. Thanks to the Rubbens Prize of 1929, he left for Paris and frequented the Studios of Marc Chagall and Ossip Zadkine. He also worked in Italy the same year. First solo exhibition in Brussels in 1927. His first Expressionist works date from 1923, following in the footsteps of Constant Permeke, Frits Van den Berghe and Gustave De Smet. He abandoned this style in 1931 and evolved towards intimate animism. From 1950, he sought inspiration exclusively in scenes of peasant life and settled in Laethem in 1955 where he died in 1971. Works in the Museums of Antwerp, Brussels, Deinze, Ghent, Laethem Saint Martin, Liège, Mons, Ostend, Saint Nicolas, Grenoble and Menton. Artist listed in Bénézit, Arto and Piron. Artprice, Artnet, Akoun, etc.

This paper is in very good condition.
The drawing, never cleaned, not dirty, is in very good condition, neither repainted nor repaired in any way.
Recent PVC frame no longer there to protect the work in good condition.
Painting in very good condition.

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