Les Pommiers à Damiette

Artist Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin (Paris, France, 1841 - 1927)

Date1893

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 73.6 cm, Width: 93 cm
Frame: Height: 100 cm, Width: 116.5 cm, Depth: 12 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1951 with income from the Webster Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationOn Display - Gallery 10

Object numberABDAG002355

Keywords

About MeIn spite of his undoubted ability Armand Guillaumin remains perhaps the least known of the French Impressionists. Guillaumin visited Damiette, a small hamlet to the west of Paris, almost every year between 1882 and 1891 and was very productive on these visits.

The bright colours, energetic brushstrokes and rhythmic flow of the trees and grass in this painting all recall the work of Vincent van Gogh, who from 1887 until his death in 1890 was a close friend of Guillaumin. The strongly asymmetrical composition suggests the influence of Japanese art that affected many European artists at this date.

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The asymmetrical composition and the stark black outline are all elements that were inspired by Japanese prints.

Exhibitions

Gallery 10 - French Impressions