Inceste d'âmes; Mineur et soldat

1896

Alphonse Osbert

Associated Names
Alphonse Osbert

Artist, French, 1857 - 1939

The image features a landscape with a horizontal line where the sun sets or rises against an orange and brown terrain. The horizon is in the upper third of the image, the sun partially visible, casting a golden hue. Two figures are standing near two tall trees on the right side. The painting style is reminiscent of lithographic prints, with a dreamlike quality in the brushstrokes. The color palette includes blues and earth tones, with the sun in bright yellow. Another figure is on the ground to the right. The colors subtly shift from warm to cool, creating a serene composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    4-color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.1 x 48.5 cm (12 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.76.57

  • Series Title

    Théâtre Libre

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 31, as Inceste d'âmes (Incestuous Souls) by Jean Laurenty and Fernand Hauser; Mineur et soldat (Miner a...

Bibliography

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, 37, no. 33.

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 31.

Inscriptions

lower right in stone: A. Osbert; lower left printed: Le Théâtre Libre / 4e SPECTACLE / SAISON 1895-96 / Inceste d'Ames / CINQ ACTES, EN PROSE / de MM. JEAN LAURENTY et FERNAND HAUSER... / Mineur et Soldat / PIÉCE EN UN ACTE, EN PROSE / DE M. JEAN MALAFAYDE...; lower right printed: Paris, Imp. Eugène Verneau, 108, r. Folie-Méricourt.

Wikidata ID

Q75395493

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