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Painting
Afternoon Light
Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1847 - 1919
Blakelock, Ralph Albert
United States
1847 - 1919
Male
16 1/8 x 24 1/16 in. (41 x 61.1 cm)
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Oil
Oil
ca. 1880-1890
1880
1890
1800-1900, 19th century, landscapes, paintings, romanticism
Painting
This brooding, moody canvas was created by one of the most haunted souls in the history of American art. Ralph Blakelock, a man diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and placed in a sanitarium for fifteen years, painted some of the most mysterious, expressive and poetic paintings in 19th century America. Indeed, his interest in and exploration of the unknown and the expressive were deeply admired by such radical 20th century abstract painters as Willem deKooning, Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline....
[Gallery label text]
lower rightcardboard backing of paintingverso, Visible before relining.
1974.4
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Painting
The Bay of Estaque Seen from the East (La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est)
View of Mt. Marseilleveyre and the Isle of Maire (L'Estaque); La Montagne Marseilleveyre et l'Ile Maire; Le Golfe bleu (L'Estaque); Sea at L'Estaque
Paul Cézanne, (Aix-en-Provence, France, 1839 – 1906, Aix-en-Provence, France)
Cézanne, Paul
France
1839 - 1906
Male
21 1/4 x 25 5/8 in. (54 x 65.1 cm)
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Oil
ca. 1878-1882
1878
1882
1800-1900, 19th century, Impressionism, landscapes, paintings, seascapes
Painting
Paul Cézanne exhibited in the Impressionist exhibition of 1874, and was encouraged by Camille Pissarro to begin painting out of doors. He soon moved beyond the style of Impressionism and began building form with color to paintings that were more analytical than sensory. He frequently painted scenes of the small town of L’Estaque in southern France, where he lived and worked periodically from 1870 to 1885. In an 1876 letter to his friend the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro, he wrote of his work in L’Estaque:
"I have started two little motifs with a view of the sea…red roofs over the blue sea…The sun is so terrific here that it seems to me as if the objects are silhouetted not only in black and white, but in blue, red, brown and violet. I may be mistaken, but this seems to me to be the opposite of modeling."
In this painting, he uses interlocking shapes of bright color and diagonal brushstrokes to create the sensation of volumes in the foliage, mountains, and water.
[Label copy from Monet: Vision and Process exhibition, 2018]
Cézanne's artistic goals developed through his contact with the Impressionists. Although he was not interested in rendering particular momentary impressions, he wished to record his "sensations" of nature. This painting typifies his technique-- suggesting form and volume through interlocking shapes that are rendered with bold, diagonal brushstrokes. The bright colors deftly evoke the strong light and crystalline atmosphere of southern France.
[Gallery label text, 1999]
back of stretcherback of stretcherback of stretcherback of stretcherback of stretcher, Italian customs stampback of stretcherback of stretcherback of stretcherback of stretcher, on cross-member of stretcherback of stretcher, on cross-member of stretcherback of stretcherback of stretcher, on cross-member of stretcherback of stretcher, On cross member of stretcher. Import or export stamp.back of canvas, Import or export stamp. Slightly different size and proportion than other similar stamp on this canvasback of canvas, Import or export stamp. Slightly different size and proportion than other similar stamp on this canvasback of canvas, Import or export stampback of canvas, Import or export stampback of stretcherback of stretcher, approximate height dimension of stretcher in cm.back of stretcherback of frameback of frame, (see photo attached)backing board, From Musee National d'Art Occidental
1969.45
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1/17/2001
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Painting
The Artist's Studio in an Afternoon Fog
Winslow Homer, (Boston, MA, 1836 - 1910, Prout's Neck, ME)
Homer, Winslow
United States
1836 - 1910
Male
24 x 30 1/4 in. (61 x 76.8 cm)
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Oil
Oil
1894
1894
1894
1800-1900, 19th century, paintings, seascapes, weather & water
Painting
In the course of his long and distinguished career, Winslow Homer shifted his focus from robust descriptions of American life to studies of interaction between man and the powerful forces of nature, particularly the ocean. This evocative painting of his studio at his family’s compound on the coast of Maine in Prout’s Neck, near Portland, is considered one of Homer’s most masterful works.
[Gallery label text, 2007]
A foggy day on the coastal peninsula of Prout's Neck, Maine, inspired Winslow Homer to paint one of his most elegant and contemplative works. His studio and family home stand silhouetted between the darker cliffs in the foreground and the paler sky. The painting's composition balances strong diagonal and horizontal elements in the lower half with a monolithic sky punctuated by a circle of sun.
Homer was known for his many paintings of rural America, as well as his illustrations of the Civil War. In 1883, Homer left New York City, where he had been living, and settled permanently in Prout's Neck. During his years there, he produced some of the most thrilling marine paintings in the history of American art.
[Gallery label text, 2006]
lower rightremoved, kept in file, Exhibition label for Panama-Pacific International Expositionremoved, kept in file
1941.32
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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