Frits Van den Berghe

With Koen Fillet and art historian Peter J.H. Pauwels

In this Phoebus Focus episode, we take a closer look at the oeuvre of Frits Van den Berghe. Based on the Coming Home. Flemish Art 1880-1930 publication, art historian Peter J.H. Pauwels highlights the artist’s strikingly personal and, at the same time, challenging style.

Frits Van den Berghe, Little Girl in the Garden, 1909. impressionist painting of a young girl in a red dress standing on a garden path among grass and trees, rendered with soft brushstrokes and a dreamlike atmosphere. — Frits Van den Berghe, *Little girl in the garden*, 1909

Frits Van den Berghe, The Awakening Dream, 1926. Expressionist painting featuring distorted figures in an unsettling, dreamlike scene, with a seated man surrounded by nude and masked characters, rendered in warm, earthy tones and angular forms. — Frits Van den Berghe, *The awakening dream*, 1926

Frits Van den Berghe, The Sun Painter, 1921. Expressionist painting with strongly simplified, monumental figures in motion, composed of dark planes and warm earthy tones, where light and shadow create a dramatic sense of tension. — Frits Van den Berghe, *The Sun Painter*, 1921

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