Landscape (Paysage) / Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
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- Accession Number
- 1982/1.261
- Title
- Landscape (Paysage)
- Artist
- Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1803-1860
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1823-1860
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Inscription
- Inscribed, l.r.: DC
- Dimensions
- 37.7 cm x 46.6 cm (14 13/16 in. x 18 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- A densely painted work, this cacnvas portrays a landscape with dramatic clouds. Autumnal colors predominate this rocky landscape with several figures in the middle distance; in the distance a line of trees projects above the horizon line.
- Subject Matter
- Although Decamps was known as one of the first painters to travel to North Africa and Asia Minor, he spent much of his youth in the north coast of France in Picardy. From these early years, he developed an interest in images of peasants at work. This landscape, with its strong contrasts of light and shadow, is characteristic of Decamps’ work. Also characteristic is his very dry application of paint with warm tonalities of browns.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- earth sciences concepts
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- settlements and landscapes
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3104 x 2488
- File Size
- 565 KB
- Record
- 1982/1.261
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"Landscape (Paysage); Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1982-sl-1.261/1982_1.261.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 10, 2024.