Nightfall in St. Cloud (Abend im Park)

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Gabriele Münter’s studies of the Parisian countryside were executed en plein air (outdoors) with overlapping strokes of wet paint, thickly applied with a palette knife, resulting in nearly abstracted images of land and sky. Of her landscape painting, Münter said, “My main difficulty was I could not paint fast enough. My pictures are all moments of life—I mean instantaneous visual experiences, generally noted very rapidly and spontaneously. When I begin to paint, it’s like leaping suddenly into deep waters, and I never know beforehand whether I will be able to swim.”
Caption
Gabriele Münter German, 1877–1962. Nightfall in St. Cloud (Abend im Park), 1906. Oil on paperboard mounted on pulpboard, 3 15/16 x 6 1/2 in. (10 x 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of William K. Jacobs, Jr., 1992.107.29. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.107.29_PS9.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Nightfall in St. Cloud (Abend im Park)
Date
1906
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Oil on paperboard mounted on pulpboard
Classification
Dimensions
3 15/16 x 6 1/2 in. (10 x 16.5 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower left: "M"
Credit Line
Bequest of William K. Jacobs, Jr.
Accession Number
1992.107.29
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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