01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #292

A. van Beurden Jr ( 1878 - 1962)

Fishing boats in the harbor of Oostende, c. 1930

Oil painting on canvas on panel

40 x 30 cm

Private Collection

Oostende, in earlier times, was a small village built on the east-end (oost-einde) of an island (originally called Testerep) between the North Sea and a beach lake. Although small, the village rose to the status of "town" around 1265 when the inhabitants were allowed to hold a market and to build a market hall.

The major source of income for the inhabitants was fishing. The North Sea coastline has always been rather unstable and in 1395 the inhabitants decided to build a new Ostend behind large dikes and further away from the always-threatening sea. More on Oostende

Alphonse Van Beurden Jr. was the son of the sculptor Alphonse Van Beurden Sr. He was a pupil of the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp where he later became a professor.

He was a member of 'Als ik kan'; an association of painters based in Antwerp ( Belgium ), active from 1883 to 1952. More on Alphonse Van Beurden Jr

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