Rodolphe De Saegher (1871-1941): Landschap met hooimijten, pastel op papier, gedateerd 1927

Work: 37 x 26 cm

Frame: 49 x 38 cm

De Saegher was the founder and driving force behind the artists' association 'Vie et Lumière' in 1904. Along with Anna Boch, Georges Buysse, Emile Claus, William Degouve de Nuncques, Anna De Weert, Alois De Laet, James Ensor, Alfred Hazledine, Adrien-Joseph Heymans, Georges Lemmen, Jenny Montigny, Georges Morren, and Edmond Verstraeten, he advocated for the better dissemination of Belgian Luminism in Belgium and abroad. He participated in various exhibitions at home and abroad. He was a regular at the Salons of Ghent, Antwerp, Liège, the Société Nationale in Paris, La Libre Esthétique in Brussels, the Kunstkring in Rotterdam, the Vienna Session, the Venice Biennale, and several exhibitions in Budapest, Berlin, and Vienna. He passionately defended the pastel technique as the ideal medium for depicting light and atmosphere.