Environs de Cremieu

c. 1890

François-Auguste Ravier

Associated Names
François-Auguste Ravier

Artist, French, 1814 - 1895

The image depicts a landscape with a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon line is positioned above the center, showing distant hills under a warmly glowing sky. In the foreground, bare trees with thin, twisting branches are depicted. The painting uses soft and blended brushstrokes, creating a sense of gentle motion. The color palette includes warm earth tones, rich browns, deep reds, light blues, and yellows, along with pastel hues in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.34


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank S. Lahm; gift in1918 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art; acquired in 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • "Illuminations: Images of Landscape in France, 1855-1885," Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY; The Walters Gallery of Art, Baltimore; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, 1990, 53, fig. 58 (Carol Forman Tabler).

Inscriptions

Signed lower right: F. A. Ravier


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