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The Washerwomen
1888-188930 3/8 x 37 3/4 in. (77.2 x 95.9 cm)
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte
France (Mont-Saint-Père, France, 1844 – 1925, Paris)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Lyon
Accession Number:
1937.2
Location: Currently on view
Although he was of the same generation as Monet and Renoir, Lhermitte chose to follow the path of traditional realism, rather than the Impressionists' experimentation with color. He did practice the fluid brushwork that they had popularized, however. Like Sorolla... Lhermitte specialized in scenes of rural workers. However, his keen eye caught the contrasting colors and textures of sun-bathed landscape and figures in much greater detail. Sorolla concentrated more on the colors and effect of the light rather than on the details of form.
[Gallery label text, 1999]
[Gallery label text, 1999]
Bibliography
See extensive bibliography in 1991 catalogue raisonne [photocopy in curatorial file], including many citations from reviews of 1889 Salon exhibition.
Marks
Relined and restretched, so no marks or labels on reverse.
Provenance
Arnold et Tripp, Paris (dealers), 1889; M. Knoedler, New York (dealers), by November 1889; Henry Reinhardt, Milwaukee (dealer), 1911; Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Lyon, Rochester; their gift to the Gallery in 1937
Keywords
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genre scenes
scenes of everyday life
scenes of everyday life
jobs & work
depictions of working, also professions as subcategories
depictions of working, also professions as subcategories
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Salon Exhibition, 1889 5/1/1889 - 6/30/1889
- Loan Exhibition of Paintings Owned by Residents of Rochester 6/12/1914 - 9/7/1914
- In Focus: A Look at Realism in Art 12/28/1964 - 1/31/1965
- Léon Lhermitte 9/21/1974 - 11/10/1974
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
- Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 2, Issue Number: 6. Issue Date: April 1937.
- Docent Newsletter. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery
- Article Author: Seiberling, Grace. Article Title: Introduction: Defining Impressionism. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Porticus. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 17-19 Issue Date: 1994-96. Page Number: 4-7, Figure Number: 1, p.4
- Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Monique Le Pelley Fonteny. Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925): Catalogue Raisonné. Paris, France: Éditions Cercle D'Art, 1991.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Mary Michele Hamel. Léon Lhermitte. Oshkosh, WI: The Paine Art Center & Arboretum, 1974.
- Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
- Catalogue des peintures et des sculptures: Académie Nationale de Médecine, Brussels. Ghent, Belgium: Éditions Snoeck, 2020.
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