Willy Finch 1854 - 1930
"Samedi" or "Le Fumeur"
oil on canvas 179 x 114,5 cm c. 1885
PROVENANCE: Gustave Kéfer, Brussels
Jean Renard, Brussels
Sale, Galerie Georges Giroux, Brussels, 7 December 1925, lot 4
Sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, 6 November 1950, lot 27
EXHIBITED: Brussels, Les XX, 1885, cat.no.6
Helsinki, Finnish National Museum, Exhibition of French and Belgian artists, 1904, cat.no.26
Brussels, Tzwern-Aisinber Fine Arts, Le cercle des XX, 10 May-24 June 1989, cat.no.25 (illustrated)
LITERATURE: Victor Reding, "Le salon des XX" in La Fédération Artistique, 1885, no.18, pp.137-140
D.Derrey-Capon a.o., A.W.Finch 1854-1930, Brussels 1992, p.165 (illustrated)
Finnish National Museum, A.W.Finch 1854-1930, Helsinki 1991, p.123 (illustrated)
To be included in the Catalogue raisonné on the artist's work, currently being prepared by the Belgian Art Research Institute

Willem van de Velde d.y, 1633 Leiden - 1707 London