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Haymaking (Le Foins)

Haymaking (Le Foins)

Artist/Maker (French, 1824–1898)
Dateca. 1880
MediumOil on oak panel
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/16 × 16 5/8 in. (20.5 × 42.2 cm)
Frame: 13 1/2 × 21 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (34.3 × 55.6 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse Woodbury
Object number1966.16
Status
Not on view
More Information
There is a wonderfully airy, almost diaphanous quality to this painting. The effect is enhanced by the soft, loose brushwork which results in the partially blurred surface. This painting was likely painted outdoors where Boudin loved to work. In his journal, he wrote: "Everything that is painted directly and on the spot always has a strength, a power, a vivacity of touch that cannot be recovered in the studio...three strokes of the brush in front of nature are worth more than two days' work in the studio." While he participated in only the first Impressionist group exhibition in 1874, he continued to have an influence on several of the group's members, particularly Monet.
ProvenancePossibly in a French private collection. (Michael Schwartzkopf Gemäldegalerie, Zurich, until 1952); purchased 1952 by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morse Woodbury, Bryn Mawr, PA; by gift 1966 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Oberlin Alumni Collect
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 18, 1967 - June 14, 1967 )
Director's Choice: 19th Century European Paintings and Sculpture
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 9, 1986 - January 4, 1987 )
From Turner to Picasso: Masterworks from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 27, 1988 - September 18, 1988 )
Landscape in the 19th Century: Observation and Interpretation
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 20, 1990 - April 29, 1990 )
Figure to Non-Figurative: The Evolution of Modern Art in Europe and North America, 1830-1950
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 23, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Collections
  • European
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