Charles Rochussen.
Sometimes you need a "working title' for an unknown
painting. It was merely a suggestion that Charles Rochussen
could be responsible for this little piece of art. It is obvious
that someone recently sticked the canvas onto a hardboard
plate. That's what it made look like quite recently painted.
After the suggestion of a friend to examine the wooden panel
I removed it from the frame and cleaned it. The colors are
much fresher again. So it was rewarding anyway!
A detail of this lovely painting that in fact is quite small.
That is another reason to think it to be from the hand of
Rochussen. A close look at the front horses betray a lot
of craftsmanship and of course the scenery as a whole.
Canvas on wooden panel. Dimensions: 20 / 28,5 cm.
This painting has been taken to the RKD for examination.
a first they didn't thought it to be from Rochussen as that
artist painted in a much more precise realistic way. How-
ever and the end of his life the impressionistic way of
painting took over and maybe that counts for the way of
sigining as well. Charles Rochussen mostly monogrammed
his smaller works and most of his bigger works as well.
This could have been the case here in the lower middle:
No coincidence a "C" was meant and a vanished "R"?
You can click on the picture for an examination.
Thomas Roman
After having bought some litho's by this Belgium based
artist we finally obtained a genuine oil painting.
Roman has a very articulated way of drawing
what makes him interesting for us. He painted
in very different ways but his signature stays
unique! Work on canvas. Dimensions 40 / 50 cm.
Charles van Roose (1887 - 1960)
This Belgium painter did not very much city views and
was more into depicting women and still lives. This one
has been done with a lot of craftsmanship as one is able
to observe by looking at the way the light has been done.
It is a Bruges scenery (Gruuthuuse) and these views
a still very popular among art lovers in general.
Oil on panel. Dimensions: 40 / 50 cm.
This scene has been painted on a laminated wooden panel
that was showing surface cracks, especially on the right side.
A scratch in the water under the bridge was another damage
to recover. Though a lot of work the opened splits have
been filled with gesso in order to stabilize the painting
for the future. We think it was worth all that trouble.
Presented here is his signature on another painting.
The prefixes upright. Here below the signature has
been written in a more cursive way. Having studied
graphology the prefixes are in fact convincingly.
It is apart from the signature striking to study the
resemblance in working with the paint and how he matches
colors with each other. The quality of this painting lies
in the freshness of the colors and the way the sunlight
has been worked out.
Jacques Rosseels (1828 - 1912)
These two paintings on paper were framed together
almost like a double miniature but even in these small
works the skills of Rosseels can be admired.
Though both works haven't been signed on the back,
some experts made clear that these works must have
been executed by Rosseels who lived from 1828
until 1912 and he worked in different styles as well.
The second one could be the "Kalmthoutse Heide".
Rozen (Anoniem)
Most people often are going for a signature but there
is a lot to enjoy if you pay attention to the anonymous
works. In the long run it often happens that the mystery
solves itself by the presence of a similar but signed
work: See e.g. Buikema. I liked these roses and
the spontanuous way they have been done by this
unknown artist. Oil on panel. Dimensions: 25 / 35 cm.
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