Statues, The Garden at Versailles
Gift of Lizanne Merrill, in memory of her father, Robert Merrill, 2013
Catalogue
- Year
- 1900
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 24 3/4 × 31 in. (62.8 × 78.7 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Henri Le Sidaner
Artist
Painting
The crepuscular gardens and quiet street corners of Henri Le Sidaner’s paintings and pastels conjure a romantic, mysterious world of intimate sentimentality. Throughout his distinguished career, Le Sidaner remained chiefly concerned with capturing atmospheric light, using dappled brushstrokes to evoke the diffuse luminosity of twilight. Often categorized as an Intimist, Le Sidaner’s highly personal oeuvre also displays Symbolist tendencies, along with the unmistakable influence of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.
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The House in Moonlight
1909 · lithograph printed in black
Moonlight at Gerberoy
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La Ronde
1899 · Lithograph printed in blue
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1898 · Bound volume containing 50 lithographs, each with a tissue paper guard
Gezicht op Chartres
1872 · brush on paper, chalk
Record
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- Henri Le Sidaner
- Year
- 1900
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 24 3/4 × 31 in. (62.8 × 78.7 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1900-147720
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified