Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Market at Chateau-Thierry
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Alternate Title:
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Le marché de Château-Thierry
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Image View:
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Overall view without frame
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Creator:
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Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French painter, 1844-1925)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. (CTB.1998.60)
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Location Note:
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Paseo del Prado, 8
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GPS:
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+40.416111-3.695
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Date:
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1879 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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53.3 cm (height) x 67 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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agriculture; business, commerce and trade; cityscape; genre; market day; vendors; farmers
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Description:
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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.museothyssen.org/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-LHERMIT-TBM-TMCT-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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