Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930). Between Millet and Lautrec

1. Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930)
Two Figures
Charcoal
Pontoise, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Pissarro-Pontoise
Photo: MAHPP

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Eugeen Van Mieghem, the name of this Antwerp artist from the first half of the 20th century, largely unknown in France, will remind loyal readers of La Tribune de l’Art of the monographic exhibition devoted to him by the Museum of Flanders in 2012 (see article). The Dutch Institute preceded him in 2006, with an exhibition of his female portraits before his emblematic harbour views. In addition to these two relatively confidential exhibitions, we should mention Sur les quais, presented in 2008-2009 in Le Havre and then Bordeaux, which gave Eugeen Vam Mieghem a prominent place in the final section (see article). The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Pissarro-Pontoise is now continuing the rehabilitation work begun at the time, devoting a full-scale retrospective to the artist, covering almost all his work. The still lifes and the Calvary series from the last two years of his life are missing due to the museum’s limited space, which does not have a dedicated area for temporary exhibitions. The latter will take place on the first floor, in part of the permanent exhibition space that has been dismantled for the occasion.

2. Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930)
The Antwerp Roadstead, c. 1925
Oil on canvas - 60 x 100 cm
Antwerp: Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum
Photo: Eugeen Van Mieghem Museum

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3. Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930)
Sunday in the Harbour, c. 1912
Pastel - 56 x 70 cm
Private collection
Photo: Private collection

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4. Eugeen Van Mieghem (1875-1930)
Jewish Emigrants on the Rhine Quay, 1899
Coloured chalk - 25.5 x 23.5 cm
Private collection
Photo: Private collection

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Nearly seventy works are currently on display here, a strictly monographic corpus mostly from private Belgian…