Landscape at Vétheuil

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 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.”
Kunstenaar
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Datering
ca. 1890
Soort
Schilderij
Techniek
oil on canvas
Afmetingen
11,5 × 16,5 cm
Collectie
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licentie
Publiek domein, CC0

Beeldbeschrijving

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