On the Banks of the Eure
Gustave Loiseau
(French, 1865–1935)
1904
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions65.8 x 81.3 cm (25 7/8 x 32 in.)
Credit LineThe John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession number19.1319
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Loiseau drew inspiration from the late work of Pissarro and the Neo-Impressionist painters Seurat and Signac. As the short but fluid strokes of this composition suggest, he adopted a modified version of pointilliste technique. Loiseau traveled throughout France but was particularly drawn to Normandy, where the Eure River, a tributary of the Seine, runs its placid course. This view of a bend in the Eure, with no sign of human habitation in sight, uses thickly impasted strokes in the foreground to suggest lush riverine vegetation.
InscriptionsLower right: G. Loiseau 1904Provenance1904, acquired from the artist by Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York; 1906, sold by Durand-Ruel to John Pickering Lyman (b. 1847 – d. 1914), Portsmouth, NH; by descent to his sister, Theodora Lyman (b. 1852 – d. 1942), Portsmouth; 1919, gift of Theodora Lyman to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1919)
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