Oil on canvas
Belgium, circa 1920-25
Albert Saverys (1886-1964) – Important Belgian painter
Signed lower left ‘a. Saverys’
Dimensions: 45 x 60 cm
Good condition
Fairground scene with rich figural scene, stalls and a horse-drawn carriage; Saverys’s atmospheric paintings fetch over €105,000 at international auctions

The painting by Albert Saverys depicts the view of a bustling, tree-lined town square with a crowd of people wandering around a fairground. The composition features a dark color scheme with mostly shades of green, which the artist has enlivened with some complementary accentuations in red and orange. He delineated the contours and roughly colored the surface with broad, dynamic brushstrokes. Saverys was one of the best-known exponents of Pointillism and Fauvism in Belgium, whereby he later turned more and more towards Expressionism. He was a master of these techniques and one of the best-known painters in Belgium during the first half of the 20th century.



The painting is signed lower left ‘a. Saverys’. It is in good condition with hardly any signs of age. There are small retouchings to the trees in the upper right and the ground on the lower right. The frame shows some wear. The framed work measures 64 x 78 cm, the stretcher frame measures 45 x 60 cm.



Albert Saverys (1886-1964)

Albert Saverys was the son of a stage painter and took drawing lessons already at a young age. After his father’s early death Saverys was forced to earn money by managing the family business. He took evening classes at the École Nicaise in Ghent, studying marbling and Faux Bois painting. From 1912 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent and began to exhibit his works nationally shortly afterwards. He became a member of the artist association of East and West Flanders, an organization that was still active during the war. Saverys soon became successful on a national level and participated in the Venice Biennale six times during the interwar period. His works were represented in all important exhibitions on Belgian art; he was also acquainted with members of the Royal family. In 1937 Saverys had a solo exhibition in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. In the same year he was appointed professor at the Institute of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where he remained until 1951.

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