Hans Gerson, Penitential Procession in Veurne, 1908, Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed

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Hans gerson
1882 berlin – 1941 ibid.

'penitential procession in veurne'
signed lower left, [circa 1908]
oil on canvas, framed
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1882 berlin – 1941 ibid.

'penitential procession in veurne'
signed lower left, [circa 1908]
oil on canvas, framed
size: 132.8 x 157.5 cm (with frame) / 115.5 x 140.5 cm (without frame)

hans gerson is known to have traveled to flanders frequently [1]. Two paintings with expressive views of the belgian town of veurne are documented for the year 1908, and this present view can also be located in this west flanders town. However, unlike the other two town and street views, gerson here presents the viewer with a moment from the penitential procession, which has been held every year on the last sunday in july since 1646.


[1] see: z. (author's initials): a painter of flanders, in: die kunstwelt, vol. 2 (1912/13), no. 6, p. 398.

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hans gerson
painter, draftsman, printmaker.

studied at the munich academy of fine arts (under carl von marr), the berlin academy of fine arts (under arthur kampf), the académie julian in paris, and in berlin under lovis corinth.

gerson undertook numerous trips throughout germany, particularly during the summer months (including lake constance and wasserburg), as well as to belgium (veurne).

in 1917, he created prints for the magazine "krieg und kunst" (war and art).


"the art of hans gerson offers a good example of a phenomenon common in our time. He is the epitome of the younger generation, educated in the impressionist tradition, who were inspired by the french, took masters like monet and degas as their models, but whose painterly interests they pursued further, striving for something more modern beyond what they had already expressed." (karl schwarz, 1920)

landscape dominates his work, while figurative representations play a rather subordinate role. Gerson found a truly unique expressive-realistic style.

during the third reich, hans gerson and his wife remained in berlin.

memberships:
munich secession
berlin secession

exhibitions:

1912 participation in an exhibition at the galerie schneider (frankfurt am main)

january 1914 "january art exhibition," exhibition hall at kurfürstendamm 208/9, berlin
oct.-dec. 1915 “27th exhibition of the berlin secession,” new secession building, berlin

march 1917 exhibition (together with franz m. Jansen and hugo kunz) at the j.b. Neumann graphic arts gallery, berlin

1917 exhibition of the berlin secession

1918–22 “munich art exhibition in the glass palace”

1925 spring exhibition of the academy of arts, berlin

collections:

letter foundation, cologne

hamburger kunsthalle

the british museum, london

ackland art museum, university of north carolina at chapel hill this piece has an attribution mark,
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