F. Moermans - Portret oude vrouw

The painting can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones. The work in question presents a genre scene, realist and popular in nature, typical of the Flemish cultural and artistic sphere. Indeed, it was Flemish painters, as early as the 15th and 16th centuries, who were the first to introduce popular subjects even in high-brow art, in a representational style inspired by candid everyday life.

The painting displays a typically popular taste for genre scenes, and the slice of real life is depicted without any filter of idealization or interpretation. This realism meticulously depicts every detail, drawing attention to the everyday life of the scene and unafraid to depict the interior of a poor, working-class social context. To enhance the subject's spontaneity and immediacy, the painter uses a rather cursive style, demonstrating a thoroughly modern conception of pictorial technique. What emerges, therefore, is a predominantly miniaturist character, precisely because of the desire to depict the genre scene with a wealth of detail. Typically Flemish, in fact, is the focus on descriptive details. The light does nothing to impede this act of truthfulness and is skillfully managed.

As we can see from the analysis of this work, F. Moermans is a painter who presents a type of realism so frank in the execution of the compositions and in the pictorial ductus that he obtains a completely modern conception of pictorial art.

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