Landscape (Paysage) / Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

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Accession Number
1982/1.261
Title
Landscape (Paysage)
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.
Primary Keywords
clouds
landscape
sky
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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 March 29, 2024.
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