Landscape with a Village, The Hills Beyond Meulan

Roger de La Fresnaye1911

Details

Title: Landscape with a Village, The Hills Beyond Meulan
Creator Lifespan: 1885 - 1925
Creator Nationality: French
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: 1911
Type: oil paintings
Rights: Gift of Mrs. Daniel E. Huger
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/15917
Medium: oil on canvas
wall label: La Fresnaye painted this vista in 1911, the same year he became closely associated with other Cubist artists working in Paris. For this view of a village north of the city, he repeated the shapes of the buildings and distant fields, creating a network of planes that teeters between flatness and depth. His use of angular, interlocking shapes also reflects the powerful influence of Paul Cézanne. La Fresnaye softened the rectilinear treatment of the terrain by injecting the lyrical elements of gently curving, buoyant clouds.
measurements: 28 1/2 x 23 3/8 in.
Artist: La Fresnaye, Roger de

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