Marten Melsen

The official website of the belgian artist-painter Marten Melsen (1870-1947). The great belgian painter's official website. art,artist,painter,artiste,peintre,schilder,maler,painting,peinture,schilderijen,pinturas,malereien,boeren,paysans,stabroek Marten Melsen was kunstschilder, aquarellist, tekenaar en graficus, geboren te Brussel in 1870, overleden te Stabroek (Antwerpen) in 1947. Hij schilderde vooral boerenfiguren die hij op -soms brutaal- naturalistische wijze voorstelt, werkend op het land, rond de hoeve, aan de Leuvense stoof, op het café of tijdens boerenfeesten of processies. <table> <col width="24" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:877;width:18pt"> <col width="224" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:8192;width:168pt"> <col width="218" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:7972;width:164pt"> <col width="207" style="mso-width-source:userset;mso-width-alt:7570;width:155pt"> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td colspan="4" height="21" class="xl24" width="673" style="height:15.75pt; width:505pt">Toutes les œuvres présentes sur http://martenmelsen.free.fr</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" class="xl24" style="height:15.75pt"></td> <td class="xl24"></td> <td class="xl24"></td> <td class="xl24"></td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="17" align="right" style="height:12.75pt" x:num>1</td> <td class="xl25" width="224" style="width:168pt" x:str="Kermishoekje ">Kermishoekje</td> <td class="xl25" width="218" style="border-left:none;width:164pt">Coin de kermesse</td> <td class="xl25" width="207" style="border-left:none;width:155pt">Fair's corner</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>2</td> <td class="xl25" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Des avonds bij de boeren</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Soir chez les paysans</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">An evening at the farmers' house</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>3</td> <td class="xl27" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Bij de barbier</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Chez le barbier</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">At the barbers'</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>4</td> <td class="xl28" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Zittende boer met blauwe kruik</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Paysan assis avec cruche bleue</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Seated peasant with blue jar</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>5</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Boerenbondsvergadering</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Reunion d'agriculteurs</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Farmers' meeting</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>6</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Teerfeest der bieboeren van St-Ambrosius</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Les disciples de Saint Ambroise</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Apiculturists on patron saint's day</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>7</td> <td class="xl28" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Dorpsbarbier</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Barbier</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Village barber</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>8</td> <td class="xl28" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">De drie gezellen</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Les trois compères</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">The three fellows</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>9</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">De landman en zijn gezin</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Le laboureur et sa famille</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">The countryman and his family</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>10</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Processie van St-Ambrosius</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">La procession de Saint-Ambroise</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Procession of Saint Ambroysius</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>11</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Sater (dorpsboemelaar bij drie vrouwen)</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Le satyre saoul (le jugement de Paris)</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">The drunken satyre (The judgment of Paris)</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>12</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">De tweeling</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Les jumeaux</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">The twins</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>13</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Dorpsboemelaars op de kermis</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Paysans saouls à la kermesse</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Drunken peasants at the village fair</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>14</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Drie koningen (met Auguste de Boeck & E. de Bom)</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Les trois rois (avec le compositeur De Boeck)</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">The three wise men</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>15</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Erwtenpluk (staand)</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Cueillette de pois (debout)</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Pea harvesting (standing)</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>16</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Erwtenpluk (zittend), studie</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Cueillette de pois (assis), étude</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Pea harvesting (seated), study</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>17</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Rust (ingedommelde boer)</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Repos (paysan dormant)</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Rest (sleeping peasant)</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>18</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Jaarmarkt te Putte aan de hollandse grens</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Marché à Putte</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">The yearly fair at Putte village</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>19</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Kinderen in de boomgaard</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Enfants dans un verger</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Children in the meadow</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>20</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Kinderen met geit in de weide</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Enfants à la chèvre</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Children with goat</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>21</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Lachende boeren</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Paysans riant</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Laughing peasants</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>22</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Moeder en kind (Mijn echtgenote met dochter Cecile)</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Mère & enfant (Mon épouse & ma fille Cécile)</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Mother & daughter (My spouse with daughter Cecilia)</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>23</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Moeder en kind in veld</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Mère et enfants au champ</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Mother & children in the field</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>24</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Moeder en kind, borstvoedend</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Mère et enfant, allaitant</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Mother and child, breastfeeding</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>25</td> <td class="xl28" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Nestjesrovers</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Dénicheurs d'oiseaux</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Nest robbers</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>26</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">De pappot</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Les mangeurs de bouillie</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">The soup eaters</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>27</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Vrouw aan het raam</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Femme à la fenêtre</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Woman at the window</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>28</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Wieders in de polder</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Sarcleurs dans les polders</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Fieldworkers in the polder region</td> </tr> <tr height="21" style="height:15.75pt"> <td height="21" align="right" style="height:15.75pt" x:num>29</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Zelfportret</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Autoportrait</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Self-portrait</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>30</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Zicht op Stabroek (vanuit de Abtsdreef)</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Vue sur Stabroek (avec blason de famille Moretus Plantin)</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">View on Stabroek village (with Moretus family stem)</td> </tr> <tr height="42" style="height:31.5pt"> <td height="42" align="right" style="height:31.5pt" x:num>31</td> <td class="xl26" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Zingende boeren (met zelfportret met baard)</td> <td class="xl26" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Paysans chantant (avec autoportrait à la barbe)</td> <td class="xl26" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Singing peasants (with self-portrait with beard)</td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="17" align="right" style="height:12.75pt" x:num>32</td> <td class="xl27" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Kermis aan de molen</td> <td class="xl27" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">La kermesse au moulin</td> <td class="xl27" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Village fair at the windmill</td> </tr> <tr height="17" style="height:12.75pt"> <td height="17" align="right" style="height:12.75pt" x:num>33</td> <td class="xl27" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Le Coq sur Mer ( De Haan aan Zee)</td> <td class="xl27" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Le Coq sur Mer</td> <td class="xl27" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Le Coq sur Mer</td> </tr> <tr height="34" style="height:25.5pt"> <td height="34" align="right" style="height:25.5pt" x:num>34</td> <td class="xl27" width="224" style="border-top:none;width:168pt">Winter Morgen (Varkensslachting)</td> <td class="xl27" width="218" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:164pt">Scene hivernale (L'abattement du porc)</td> <td class="xl27" width="207" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;width:155pt">Winter Scene (The slaughtering of the pig)</td> </tr> </table>