Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Market at Chateau-Thierry
Alternate Title:
Le marché de Château-Thierry
Image View:
Overall view without frame
Creator:
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French painter, 1844-1925)
Location:
repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. (CTB.1998.60)
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
1879 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
53.3 cm (height) x 67 cm (width)
Subjects:
agriculture; business, commerce and trade; cityscape; genre; market day; vendors; farmers
Description:
In 1888 Lhermitte made a series of illustrations for a book called La Vie Rustique, written by André Theuriet. In the introduction the author wrote: "We propose to trace the grand acts of the rustic drama: the soaring, the labour, the hay-making, the harvest, and the vintage; we wanted to describe the solitude of the farm, the business of the village life, the pleasures of Sunday, and the preoccupations of the weekdays [...]." Lhermitte's work is neither romanticized or revolutionary in its realism. He was invited to join the Impressionists by Degas, but refused. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-LHERMIT-TBM-TMCT -A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Market at Chateau-Thierry