Michel De Pypere / Louis Derijks / Ernest Dezentjé

Michel De Pypere (1923 - 1978)

A belgium based artist who worked a bit like Saverijs but

stayed close to his own color pallette. He started a gallery that still 

exist and at the moment is active under direction of his son.

Oil on Canvas: dimensions 50 / 70 cm.

His works are allways dated and this one has been signed at the back

of the canvas as well. He was born in Kuurne and the Gallery also

is still there: Gallery  "De Pypere". Values of his works vary

a lot but mostly allways somewhere between 500 and 1000 Euro's.

Louis Derijks

This Dutch painter later worked merely abstract but one way

or another this composition drew my attention being

probably made for a stained glass project. It has been 

based on the Opera "Carmen" from the composer Bizet.

Another problem with this work is the signature: Which is ment 

to be the final one? We think the vertical placed text to be the title

of this work (Carmen) and the other his name of course.

He later had a restyled signature but this is the early one as

has been stated already. This work dates from the fifties.

Ernest Dezentjé

Though unsigned it has a lot of features 

pointing in the direction Ernest Dezentje.

E.g. the older canvas, the way the paint has aged

and last but not least: its'provenance.

At first we thought the signature has been painted

over probably due to customers rules but careful
examination of the sides of this canvas made clear
that this work has been cut off on one side and
that could be the real reason the signature isn't
there anymore. Most likely done because of some
damage. Oil on canvas. Dimensions 41,5 / 60 cm.

Desert / Napoleons' Army? / Feremans

A rather small anonymous work painted on panel.

Strange thing is that the back of the panel has been sticked

with canvas. It does not appear to be that old. However

the scenery has been done with craftsmanship and the 

way the small figures (especially the horses) have been

done betrays that the painter is a professional.

Oil on panel. Dimensions: 20 / 29 cm.

A detail of this rather small work.

And by taking this painting out of its' frame we

discovered a possible monogram below in the

middle: CR what could stand for Charles Rochussen!

Presented here is the complete painting (out of its' frame)

This work that has been auctioned at Christies shows

similarities in approach as it is known that Rochussen

at an older age started to work more in an 

impressionistic way.

This picture has been added as an example of the artillery

of the French during the African operation of 1798 /

1799. Sometimes the newer tenues in blue were

used but often the older royalist ones as the color

blue was expensive in those days! On the painting

some figures are wearing robes as well. The canon

also confirms this supposition.

There are a lot of falsifications in Belgium of this artist.

His work is recognizable particularly in the use of the

colour green. By clicking on the pic you can enlarge it.

Work on panel: Dimensions: 40 / 60 cm.

Feremans (Adrienne?)

Of course this was a nostalgic move of us. The atmosphere

between these two paintings is very much the same….

But not the same painter!

Roeland Pieterszoon D'Haese

Roeland Pietersz. D'Haese is a belgium based artist

who worked a lot with crayon and pencil.

Mixed techniques as they call it.

Working in a severe magic realistic style one

cannot be but astonished by his abilities.

Crayon on paper. Dimensions 50 - 70 cm.

Hard to distinguish he also makes remarks of the time being busy with the actual artwork.

Lucien Levy Dhurmer (1865 - 1953) / Dictus

Though this ain't the best photo of this work we've included this

one because of the strange edges as if it has been pointed on a

piece of wood. It has to be a kind of litho but we couldn't find it

on the internet. Dhurmer was one of France most important

symbolists. That's why we've included it here. Under the next

picture you can find a little bit more information regarding the

publisher of this so called litho.

10 drawings should have been made on luxury Japanese paper.

All 270 have been made fac similés, according to the procédé Marotte 

on heavy cardboard. Further investigations could possibly

say that it is a kind of heliotype way of print, whatever that

means. The signature is undoubtedly from the hand of Dhurmer.

Exposed here is the signature of Lucien Levy Dhurmer.

It is an honest way of working as the number and size of

the edition are written under the signature. The title of this 

work is  "Les meres pendant la Guerre". and we've added

the full description in french here: Published by Paris, 

Devambez. 1917. (1917)

Paris, Devambez. 1917. Edition originale. E.O. Illustrations de LEVY-DHURMER, Lucien. Douze compositions inédites reproduites en fac similé par le procédé Léon Marotte (en couleurs, à pleine page, sur fort carton, marie-louise contrecollée). Les mères pendant la guerre.  Préface inédite de Maurice Maeterlinck sur quatre pages. Edition originale. Un des 200 exemplaires sur papier de luxe après 10 sur papier Impérial du Japon, contenant un dessin original rehaussé de couleurs et 60 sur papier Impérial du Japon. Celui-ci n° 242. Chacune des 12 planches porte sur l'oeuvre elle-même les chiffres 242-270 correspondant au numéro de cet exemplaire et au tirage total de l'édition. L'ensemble, en feuillets, est contenu dans un cartonnage à ficelles dont le premier plat porte une vignette de titre contrecollée. Manque de 5 centimètres au dos du cartonnage, mors très usés et fendus. Cartonnage à restaurer. Format in folio, 36 x 49. Poids : 2400 g. , format : Format in folio, 36 x 49. Bookseller Inventory # 19527

Dictus

At first sight we believed this work to be an etching. 

However it has been done in pencil and thus must have been 

a lot of work. Work on paper. Dimensions: 20 / 25 cm.

Margueritte Dielman / Joseph Diels / Tine van Doornik

This is a beautiful crayon by Margueritte Dielman who

lived from the end XIX century till the beginning of the 

of the XXth century. Work on paper.

Dimensions 45 - 65 cm.

Joseph Diels

A view on one of the docks in Antwerp harbour where

Diels made a lot of paintings. As he signed his works

with J. Diels it can be confusing as tthere is also a

fine painter called Jeff Diels. This painting has been

doen in an expressionistic way and in this painting

the artist really catches the atmosphere of these places.

Work on Canvas. Dimensions: 43 / 53 cm.

Tine van Doornik

Though sold allready I still dig this watercolour.

We had contact with her daughter. Tine painted

these animals being for hours in the Zoo (Artis)

Work on paper. Dimensions 40 / 70 cm.

Sylvain Douven / Jean Dratz / Emiel van Dromme

The mood in this work is very appealing to me

A beautiful work by the nephew of Jean Douven,

two giftes belgian artists. Work on canvas.

Dimensions: 50 / 60 cm

For the signature enthousiasts!

Jean Dratz

This Belgium catches the silent and maybe even holy

mood these snowscapes have. It was his specialism.

But besides that he was a gifted and much asked designer.

Some details. Note the trees in the background that 

in fact can hardy be seen but certainly are there.

The subtle use of the color blue plays an important

role in these paintings of which he made a few.

And his signature of course. Work on canvas. He often used the 

same kind of encadrement that was veneered with genuine Brasilian

rosewood.  Very heavy and big. As this painting was sold to an art

lover in France I stated already that he could only buy it without

it. I'm using the veneer for the more precious guitar heads now 

so it will "live" on. Dimensions: 80 / 100 cm.

Emiel van Dromme

A lot of his works popped up just recently at an auction.

They really differed in quality and prices as well.

This painting was hanged very high and hardly

visible but we bought it and were not disappointed!

A belgium based artist who painted a kind of comic

situation: When there's nothing left for you

you can't expect having a dog of big class beside you....

Oil on canvas / board. Dimensions 30 - 40 cm.

Raoul Dufy

These views Raoul Dufy made more than often.

This is quite a big one and probably can be dated

being made in the thirties.Probably printed by

Editions Fernand Mourlot in Paris. They use a

specific kind of thick paper. This one shows us

le Port de Trouville as he made more litho's at

this specific point.

Work on paper. Dimensions 25 / 62 cm.

Allready classical art as I find it hard to place.

The works of Dufy still have a freshness to

these days and are therefore sought after.

This one is on Arches paper and has been stamped.

Date of creation probably 1950.

Work on paper. Dimensions 50 / 70 cm.

Allways joyful and interested in musicians this work

breathes a kind of a party atmosphere! Can be dated 1951.

Strangely enough this litho can be found on the internet 

as a watercolor but there are differences! Besides that Dufy

is using different colors. A comparison is revealing!

The second one is a watercolor from 1951. 

Dimensions: 66 / 50 cm.

Quite remarkable is the message written on this litho.

Having seen written letters of Dufy on the internet

I expect it to be original. Work on paper.

Dimensions: 20 / 30 cm.

At first we thought it to be a similar message on the same litho

but then it most likely would have been printed one way or another 

afterwards. This message has been written in pencil as opposed to

the message on the litho above which has been done in ink.

The same handwriting on to different litho's bought during a

few years separated from each other.: This must be original!

We will call this one "After the concert"".

Work on paper: Dimensions: 17,5 / 23 cm.

Raoul Dufy in fact made a lot of illustrations for books.

This work is a genuine litho but made for a book. The

work itself should be in a collection particuliere as the
text states. We call it "The Chamber Orchestra".

Work on paper. Dimensions: 30 / 40 cm.

We recently obtained this litho BUT it seems to have been

cut off in the past as on the picture below found on the internet

you are able to see the whole scenery. Maybe the  Bois de

Bologne (Paris) is depicted here. This litho has been signed

in pencil but not by Raoul Dufy as he never used capital 

letters. On the left the prefixes H.C. are written as well.

All of the printworks Dufy made during his lifetime can

be found on the internet so this one also popped up

and was put up for sale somewhere in eastern Europe.

Besides all kinds of sceneries, Dufy did a lot of

flowers and other still lives as well as can be seen here.

Work on paper. Dimensions: 30 / 24 cm.

This one has been printed on Arches paper.

The same dimensions as the former one but on

the other hand it is not clear to us wether if this

one was produced the same year. 1953 was the 

year Raoul Dufy died. One of his last lithographs?

At first glance we didn't thought this one to be in the style

of Raoul Dufy but I was triggered enough about this "unknown"

artist that we decided to buy it. And in fact a good buy as this

litho has been published in about 1963 in a book about different

artists that made special works one way or another. This litho

depicts a part of "La Fee electricite"  a huge work of art that

can be admired in Paris. The dimensions of the original?

1000 cm in height and 6000 cm width (NO mistake!)

He made it in several part. Presented here is only a part of it.

And another litho with fruit and even here the livelyness is 

remarkable. Dufy enloys a growing popularity as his work

appears to be timeless. Dimensions: 26 / 34 cm.

Forgeries

It is very difficult to determine wether this is a litho or a genuine

watercolor or even a mix of the two as more than often artists added

accents with watercolor paint on a litho or used a black and white

litho to have them coloured in afterwards. Not the style that finally

made him famous but he of course developed himself to that

later style as he painted impressionistic in the beginning of

his career. Work on paper. Dimensions:30,5 / 39,5 cm.

In the signature I am supposing to see that the "forger" made

some corrections while placing it. Furthermore quite convin-

cing and Raoul Dufy often placed his signature in the middle

below. His later skies are different but on earlier works you

are able to find similar ones. This work holds some freshness

in itself and for that reason we are unable to make a final

conclusion. Feel free to e-mail me: acakoevoets@kpnmail.nl

Renee Marie Dujardin / Otto Eerelman

René Marie Dujardin made this one in Greece.

Though not that big it has the power of

summer in the mediterinian countries.

Work on paper. Dimensions: 20 / 30 cm.

An oil painting by the same artist. Here Dujardin worked

in a kind of two dimensional way so no exact perspective.

A same kind of treatment has been used to place the flowers:

"Just do not give them depth" that has a disarmingly effect.

RtThat's the way you can keep emotions simple and direct.

Of course the combination of colors is nice.

Work on canvas. Dimensions: 60 / 80 cm.

And of course presented here his signature on oil paintings.

Rene Marie Dujardin was a very gifted designer and then

the surprise must be there when the moment is there he just

leaves it all behind and starts something new to catch the

public. He worked in different styles but always has a

signature of his own. Dujardin died in 2002 being almost

90 years old!

Otto Eerelman

There seems to be a serie of different
dog races all lithographed by Otto
Eerelman who really is a gifted
artist and not only in drawings.

This signature has been signed on the stone that

has been used for this litho so quite

recognizable. Work on paper. Dimensions:

20 / 30 cm.