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Landscape

Artist/Maker (French, 1819–1916)
Date1907
MediumOil on mahogany panel
DimensionsOverall: 22 1/2 × 15 in. (57.2 × 38.1 cm)
Frame: 33 1/8 × 25 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (84.1 × 65.4 × 7 cm)
Credit LineCharles Martin Hall Bequest (OC 1885)
Object number1915.54
Status
Not on view
CopyrightNo known copyright restrictionsMore Information
Many of Harpignies's paintings reveal the influence of Camille Corot, with whom he traveled to Italy in 1860, and of the English artist John Constable, whose work had left its mark on an earlier generation of French landscape painters. After that, Harpignies falls somewhere between the Barbizon School and the Impressionists, with his artistic career spanning both movements. Although he did produce some still-lifes and figurative works, his primary interest was the rural and urban landscape. In this late landscape, there is clear evidence of all of the major influences in the artist's career - the feathery trees and foliage of Corot, clouds of Constable, the rich, earthy palette of the Barbizon painters, and the beginnings of Impressionist light.
Exhibition History
As We Were: 1917
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 9, 1966 - October 15, 1966 )
Impressionism: 100 Years
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 14, 1974 - January 19, 1975 )
The Humble Landscape: Barbizon Works
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 10, 1986 - July 20, 1986 )
Landscape in the 19th Century: Observation and Interpretation
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 20, 1990 - April 29, 1990 )
Modern Art: Notable Works from the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 1992 - February 23, 1992 )
Selections from the Permanent Collection: Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 15, 1993 - August 19, 1993 )
The Nature of Realism: Courbet and Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1994 - December 20, 1994 )
Figure to Non-Figurative: The Evolution of Modern Art in Europe and North America, 1830-1950
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 23, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
The Modern Landscape
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 4, 2007 - June 29, 2008 )
Regarding Realism
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 6, 2013 - June 22, 2014 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary