Valerius de saedeleer gallery lighting

When Valerius Saedeleer settled in Sint-Martens-Latem in 1898, he was, as a young artist, not quite sure where to go with his painting. The smoothly painted natural landscapes with the impressionistic brushwork of his master Frans Courtens were certainly deserving, but the Saedeleer was looking for something different, something personal.

In Sint-Martens-Latem he could reorientate himself in an artistic environment, in which also sculptor George Minne and painter Gustave Van de Woestyne had come to settle.

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He was attracted to the unspoiled nature, the diversity of the landscape and the frugal, simple life.

Until 1903, the work of Valerius De Saedeleer clearly evidences the influence of Frans Courtens. It is not until 1904 that he will start making highly personal interpretations of the landscape.

At a time when Impressionism experienced its last flourishing period, Fauvism and Cubism became popular in France and a number of artists introduced expressionism as