Belgian neo-impressionist painter Theo van Rysselberghe

Big Clouds. Painting by Belgian neo-impressionist painter Theo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926), 1893. The Indianapolis Museum of Art
Belgian neo-impressionist painter Theo van Rysselberghe Originally from a French-speaking bourgeois family of architects, he began studying art in Ghent and then in Brussels. His first paintings were classical. However, later influenced by Neo-Impressionist theories, and the newest tendencies in European art, he moved toward impressionism. Also, Rysselberghe had become friendly with the most prominent artists of the time. In particular, Seurat, Signac and Cross.
IOn fact, he began to practice divisionism in his portrait painting using small dots of different sizes on a canvas. Practicing this divisionist technique, known as pointillism, until about 1910, he, however, returned to classic style at the end of his life.
Rysselberghe often went abroad, mostly to Morocco, but finally had settled in Paris in 1898. Noteworthy, he had a great influence on the development of’ Neo-Impressionism in Belgium. A retrospective exhibition of his works took place in 1927 in Brussels, a year after his death.
Rarely seen, much of the works of Belgian artist, painter, sculptor and designer Theo van Rysselberghe still remain in private collections. Meanwhile, in November 2005, his work Port Cette (1892) fetched a record 2.6m € at an auction in New York.
Belgian neo-impressionist painter Theo van Rysselberghe
- La Vigne en Octobre. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe
- Moonlight Night in Boulogne, 1919
- Paul Signac at the helm of the Olympia, 1896
- Pine by the Mediterranean Sea. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe
- Port Entrance at Volendam (1896)
- Portrait of Alice Sethe. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe, 1888
- Rainbow over Veere, 1906. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe
- Sailboats on the River Scheldt (1892)
- Spanish Woman
- Sunset at Ambleteuse (1899)
- The Beach at Ambleteuse at Low Tide (1900)
- The Cap Gris-Nez (1900)
- The Man at the Helm. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe, 1892
- The Mediterranean at the Lavandou (1904)
- The Point of Rossignol (1905)
- The sisters of the painter Schlobach, 1884
- The Violinist. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe, 1903
- Vase of Flowers (1907)
- Vase of Flowers. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe
- White Peonies. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe, 1913
- Yellow Roses, Persimmons and Mimosas. Painting by Theo Van Rysselberghe
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