An Independent Eye: Property from Jack Kilgore & Co.
Karel van Belle
The Fortune Teller
No reserve
Auction Closed
May 22, 09:00 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An Independent Eye: Property from Jack Kilgore & Co.
Karl van Belle
Belgian 1884 - 1959
The Fortune Teller
signed and dated lower right: Karel van Belle .32
oil on canvas
canvas: 29 ¾ by 23 ¾ in.; 75.6 by 60.3 cm
framed: 38 by 32 ¾ in.; 96.5 by 83.2 cm
Private collection, Paris
Total gallery cost: $13,100
Karel van Belle was born in Ghent, Belgium, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts. His works range from portraits to historical and religious paintings and show the influence of the Symbolist movement in their vivid colors, narrative theme and often fantastical nature. His oeuvre centers mainly around paintings of women, from subjects dressed in contemporary fashion to the Madonna and Joan of Arc. The present lot, painted in 1932, features a fortune teller with a crystal ball. Her intense gaze is both ominous and inviting, drawing the viewer into the composition to seek out the future.
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