Jean BRUSSELMANS (1884-1953) Portrait of the painter's wife, 1912 (Portret van de vrouw van de schilder) Oil on panel 16 x 18 cm Provenance: - Former Gustave Van Geluwe collection (inventory no. 180 on the back) - Private collection, Brussels (passed on by descent) Bibliography: - P. Haesaerts, Jean Brusselmans, publication des Compagnons de l'Art, Brussels, 1939, reproduced on pl.15 - Catalogue of the 29th Salon of the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire, Charleroi, 1955, reproduced no. 28 - Robert-L. Delevoy, G. Brys-Schatan, Jean Brusselmans: catalogue raisonné, Laconti, Brussels, 1972, n°51, p.206 Exhibitions: - Charleroi, "Rétrospective Jean Brusselmans", Cercle artistique et littéraire, 29th Salon Salle de la Bourse, 1955 (cat.28) - Eindhoven, "Jean Brusselmans", Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, 1960 (cat.3) - Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum "Jean Brusselmans", 1960 (cat.3) - Breda, "Jean Brusselmans", De Beyerd, 1960 (cat.3) - Brugge, Stedelijke Musea (label on back) - Brussels, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Ixelles, n°180 (label on back) Study executed in Koekelberg. "A very distinguished and physically very pretty person, an elite being, very artistic and musical, having studied singing and piano, helped and encouraged me a great deal and always without the slightest complaint, in what I might call "my heroic period". Posed for most of the figures I painted. We had a child, Armand. We married after his birth. Our household was always a paradise. (Jean Brusselmans, Handwritten notes, Archives A. Brusselmans, Dilbeek). Robert-L. Delevoy, G. Brys-Schatan, Jean Brusselmans : catalogue raisonné, Laconti, Brussels, 1972, p.206