Japonaiserie, still lifes, Ketti Gilsoul - Hoppe (1868 - 1939)

Watercolor representing an oriental set: bottle, parasol, fan, plate and vase in a gradient of blue, beige and red tones. Characteristic subject of the late nineteenth century with the influence of Japonism.

The watercolor is signed Kathi Hoppe 1886, for the one who will be known as Ketti Gilsoul-Hoppe (1868 – 1939), recognized Belgian watercolorist. It is a work of youth, all in softness and finesse.

It is presented with a beige mat, in a golden period frame.

Dimensions: frame: 76 x 56 cm, at sight: 40.5 x 25 cm.

Ketti Gilsoul-Hoppe, whose full name is Catherine Hélène Régin Gilsoul-Hoppe, born on 5 April 1868 in Düsseldorf and died on 15 November 1939 in Ixelles, was a Belgian painter of German origin.

Biography: Ketty Hoppe was born in Germany into a family of painters and emigrated to Belgium in 1872. Ketty Hoppe learned drawing from her father, the engraver Édouard Hoppe, then her teachers were Henri Hendrickx, Edouard Tourteau at the professional school of Brussels, and Jean-François Portaels.

In 1894, she married Victor Gilsoul, also a painter. She influenced her husband’s work and vice versa.

Ketty Gilsoul-Hoppe is a watercolourist and paints sunny Flemish landscapes, views of cities and gardens, courtyards and flowers.

She exhibited at the 1902 Salon des Aquarellistes, L’Entrée du béguinage que le Roi Léopold II de Belgique acquires.

She is a member of the Royal Society of Watercolourists. In 1911, she was one of the founders of the Galerie Lyceum, alongside other artists such as Berthe Art, Alice Ronner, Emma Ronner, Anna Boch, Louise Danse, Marie Danse and Juliette Wytsman.

She received the medal of “chevalier de l’Ordre de léopold”.

Her painting Couloir intérieur is included in the book “Women Painters of the World” which gives an overview of the most prominent female painters until 1905, date of publication of this book.