''Gaston and His Sister'' is a 1923

Expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

oil on canvas painting by the Flemish artist

Gustave Van de Woestijne Gustave Van de Woestijne (; 2 August 1881 – 21 April 1947) was a Belgium, Belgian expressionism, expressionist Painting, painter. He belonged to the so-called "First Group of Latem", a group of artists who worked in the rural village of ...

, now in the

Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Dutch: ''Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen'', ''KMSKA'') is a museum in Antwerp, Belgium, founded in 1810, that houses a collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings from the fourteenth t ...

. He produced it during a year's stay in London. It was one of the most important works in the artist's first solo exhibition, which occurred at the 'Le Centaure' gallery in 1925. During the First World War he had become friends with Valerius De Saedeleer and Georges Minne and regularly visited art galleries and museums, whilst after the war he had traveled to Paris to see art exhibitions. Marechal, Els., Devisscher, Hans., Huvenne, Paul., Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Antwerpen), Het museumboek : hoogtepunten uit de verzameling, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen, cop. 2003. .

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