Around 1890, the French impressionist Armand Guillaumin discovered the village of Crozant in the region of Creuse, France. This was the area where this view of the caves at Prunal was painted. It seems from this work that as a painter Guillaumin adopted a position somewhere between Impressionism and Fauvism. In his subtle treatment of light and in his brushwork, he demonstrated his kinship with such impressionists as Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, with whom he had been exhibiting since the 1860s. On the other hand, the use of bright colours and harsher tones of violet, ochre, green and brown signal a more modern tendency. In this way his work is related to that of Paul Cézanne, who was a good friend of his.
| Artist |
Armand Guillaumin
RKD
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| Title | The Caverns of Prunal near Pontgibaud (Auvergne) |
| Period |
19th century
20th century |
| Location | Prunal |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom left: Guillaumin |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-AK |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-AK |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/609/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25G4(GRASS) plants and herbs (GRASS) Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H113 (high) hill Iconclass 25H119 cave, grotto Iconclass 25H12 dale, valley Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 61D(AUVERGNE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (AUVERGNE) Iconclass 61D(FRANCE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (FRANCE) Iconclass 61E(PONTGIBAUD) names of cities and villages (PONTGIBAUD) Iconclass 61E(PRUNAL) names of cities and villages (PRUNAL) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Impressionist (style) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 76) |
| Armand Guillaumin (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 136 (ill.), 184 (ill.)) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (pp.108-110, cat. 26) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 176-177 (ill.)) |
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