Isidore Van Mens - Orientalist scene

Oil on canvas
Shepherds and donkeys in front of a mausoleum

Signed & dated (1955) lower right

Canvas: 40 X 50 cm
Frame: 62 X 71,5 cm

Original wooden frame (painted in grey)

The painting is in perfect original condition.
Beautiful subject by a painter whose Orientalist works are the most sought-after and highly rated.


Isidore Van Mens (1890-1985)

Dutch painter, draughtsman, watercolorist and engraver.
(His father was Van Gogh’s pupil at Zundert)
Van Mens lived mainly in Belgium and is often considered a Belgian painter.

His works can be found in several museums, including Schaerbeek and Mons. He will stay in the history of Belgian painters as a great Orientalist.

Bibliography:
Benezit
Dictionnaire Biographique des Artistes en Belgique depuis 1830 (Arto)