La Marcellerie
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Gaines Ruger Donoho mastered sketching en plein air (outdoors) in the picturesque outskirts of Paris. Grez-sur-Loing, seen here, was a popular destination for artists and musicians. Donoho focuses on an enclosed corner of a meadow, bordered
at its far side by a backlit screen of trees.
A single figure holding a scythe blends into the painting’s green tonalities and broad brushwork. France greatly expanded its railway system in the second half of the nineteenth century, making towns such as Grez-sur-Loing accessible to artists in search of bucolic subject matter.
Caption
Gaines Ruger Donoho American, 1857–1916. La Marcellerie, 1881. Oil on canvas, frame: 58 1/8 x 83 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (147.6 x 212.6 x 8.3 cm) 51 x 76 9/16 in. (129.5 x 194.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of George A. Hearn, 11.533. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.11.533.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
La Marcellerie
Date
1881
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
frame: 58 1/8 x 83 11/16 x 3 1/4 in. (147.6 x 212.6 x 8.3 cm) 51 x 76 9/16 in. (129.5 x 194.5 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "G. Ruger Donoho---/Paris 81"
Credit Line
Gift of George A. Hearn
Accession Number
11.533
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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