Paesaggio a Vétheuil

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, circa 1890

Tall grasses lead back to a body of water and then perhaps a town in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape. Brushstrokes are visible throughout, and the color palette is saturated with dark, jewel-toned blue and green, a few touches of citrine yellow, and rosy pinks. Tall, straight strokes suggest marshy grasses along the front two-thirds of the painting, and shorter flicks in slightly cooler greens to the left could be bushes. The water is streaked with pale pink across sapphire blue. Strokes beyond that suggest white-walled buildings with muted red roofs in a town tucked between trees in the distance. The horizon comes three-quarters of the way up this composition, and the sky above is painted thinly with pale purple, pink, and blue. The texture of the canvas shows through in many areas, especially around the edges and in the sky. The artist signed the lower center, “renoir.”
Artista
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Datazione
circa 1890
Tipologia
Dipinto
Tecnica
Olio su tela
Dimensioni
11,5 × 16,5 cm
Collezione
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenza
Pubblico dominio, CC0

Descrizione dell’immagine

Tall grasses lead back to a body of water and then perhaps a town in this loosely painted, horizontal landscape. Brushstrokes are visible throughout, and the color palette is saturated with dark, jewel-toned blue and green, a few touches of citrine yellow, and rosy pinks. Tall, straight strokes suggest marshy grasses along the front two-thirds of the painting, and shorter flicks in slightly cooler greens to the left could be bushes. The water is streaked with pale pink across sapphire blue. Strokes beyond that suggest white-walled buildings with muted red roofs in a town tucked between trees in the distance. The horizon comes three-quarters of the way up this composition, and the sky above is painted thinly with pale purple, pink, and blue. The texture of the canvas shows through in many areas, especially around the edges and in the sky. The artist signed the lower center, “renoir.”

Pierre-Auguste Renoir