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TitleThe Etang des Sœurs, Osny

Creator nameCézanne, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1875

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions60 × 73.5 cm

LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London

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Accession numberP.1932.SC.53

SubjectsPost-impressionism (Art)Landscapes in artNature in art

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Chapter Nine: The Palette, from Tonal to Spectral

Anthea Callen

The Art of Impressionism: Painting Technique and the Making of Modernity

In the late 1850s and 1860s, heightened tonal values in the rendering of plein air effects were primarily associated with the peinture grise or argentée of Corot and the blond palette and luminous skies of Boudin...

Author

Anthea Callen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.136-155

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00125.012

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16648&redirecttoanchor=23759

Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--FrancePainting, French--19th centuryPlein air paintingPainting--Technique--France--History--19th centuryArtists' materials--France--19th centuryPainting--Conservation and restorationMonet, Claude, 1840-1926Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903

4. The Paint Layer

Andrea Kirsh, Rustin S. Levenson

Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies

Technical examination of the paint layer can confirm a work’s age or authenticity and add to knowledge of the painting’s execution and the artist’s intended effects. Examination can address either the materials or the ways they were handled—the techniques. Study of paint materials offers information that is specific but of limited interpretive use to the art historian. Pigment identification can deny (but rarely confirm) a paintings age, or can identify areas of repaint. Precise identification …

Author

Andrea Kirsh, Rustin S. Levenson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.101-210

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00110.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-14907&redirecttoanchor=23759

Chapter subject tags:Painting--TechniqueArt--Technique--HistoryCase studiesArtists’ materials

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