Théodore T’Scharner (1826–1906)
Canal avec moulin (Canal with Mill), n.d.

Oil on canvas
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Gift of Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust

Jeffery Howe
Professor Emeritus, Art History

T’Scharner was a member of the Free Society of Fine Arts (1868–76) in Brussels. He painted scenes of the villages and coast of Belgium in the style of early impressionism, with bright colors and painterly brushwork. This picturesque scene with a windmill, boats and tidy houses, recalls the classic landscapes of the seventeenth century by Dutch and Flemish artists.