Sunset in an Oriental Landscape

Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas

Associated Names
Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas

Artist, French, 1812 - 1889

The painting shows a view of a lush landscape with a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is in the middle of the composition, meeting a sunrise or sunset. Distant hills and the remains of an ancient structure are visible. The brushstrokes are smooth and detailed, depicting foliage and textures. The color scheme includes earth tones transitioning from greens and browns to yellows, oranges, and pinks in the sky. A path with two figures leads into the scene, surrounded by trees and ruins.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic, with scraping and incising into wet paint, on cardboard

  • Credit Line

    Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 44.6 x 30.8 cm (17 9/16 x 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.74.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S. A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 36, 158, no. 11 (color). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

Bibliography

2009

  • Prouté Catalogue Barocci, Paris, 2009, no. 28.

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: Hip. Lebas

Wikidata ID

Q64570986

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