River Scene
Charles-François Daubigny
European Art
Charles-François Daubigny was one of nineteenth-century France’s most accomplished landscape painters. He began to explore the river valleys outside Paris in the late 1850s from Le Bottin, his floating studio. His pictorial experiments would greatly influence Claude Monet and all other plein air painters of his time, including Oller.
For this scene, Daubigny selected a viewpoint in the center of the waterway, looking down a long stretch of the river and up toward the bank where herdsmen coax their cattle onto a barge. The tranquil water and the reassuringly peaceful coexistence of humankind and nature made such paintings highly popular with Daubigny’s urban clientele.
Charles-François Daubigny fue uno de los pintores más exitosos de paisajes del siglo diecinueve de Francia. Él comenzó a explorar los valles de los ríos fuera de París a finales de la década de 1850 desde Le Bottin, su taller flotante. Sus experimentos pictóricos influirían de sobremanera en Claude Monet y en todos los otros pintores de su época que pintaban al aire libre, incluyendo a Oller.
Para esta escena, Daubigny escogió un puesto de observación en el centro del río navegable, mirando hacia debajo de un largo estrecho del río y hacia arriba de la orilla del río, donde los vaqueros se encuentran arreando su ganado hacia una barcaza. El agua tranquila y la reconfortante coexistencia pacífica de la humanidad con la naturaleza lograron la gran popularidad de tales pinturas con la clientela urbana de Daubigny.
For this scene, Daubigny selected a viewpoint in the center of the waterway, looking down a long stretch of the river and up toward the bank where herdsmen coax their cattle onto a barge. The tranquil water and the reassuringly peaceful coexistence of humankind and nature made such paintings highly popular with Daubigny’s urban clientele.
Charles-François Daubigny fue uno de los pintores más exitosos de paisajes del siglo diecinueve de Francia. Él comenzó a explorar los valles de los ríos fuera de París a finales de la década de 1850 desde Le Bottin, su taller flotante. Sus experimentos pictóricos influirían de sobremanera en Claude Monet y en todos los otros pintores de su época que pintaban al aire libre, incluyendo a Oller.
Para esta escena, Daubigny escogió un puesto de observación en el centro del río navegable, mirando hacia debajo de un largo estrecho del río y hacia arriba de la orilla del río, donde los vaqueros se encuentran arreando su ganado hacia una barcaza. El agua tranquila y la reconfortante coexistencia pacífica de la humanidad con la naturaleza lograron la gran popularidad de tales pinturas con la clientela urbana de Daubigny.
MEDIUM
Oil on panel
DATES
1859
DIMENSIONS
14 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (36.2 x 65.4 cm)
frame: 25 3/4 x 37 x 4 3/4 in. (65.4 x 94 x 12.1 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed and dated lower left: "Daubigny 1859"
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
21.134
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of William H. Herriman
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Charles-François Daubigny (Paris, France, 1817–1878, Paris, France). River Scene, 1859. Oil on panel, 14 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (36.2 x 65.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of William H. Herriman, 21.134 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 21.134_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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