1842
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Winter Garden is a 1842 by Charles François Daubigny, a Romanticism work, depicting Garden, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A man sits alone in a leafless garden, hands on knees, looking down. Bare trees frame him, and a stone wall runs along the back. The sky is pale, and the grass is dull brown. This was painted early in Daubigny’s career, before he focused on rivers and landscapes. The mood feels quiet, maybe sad. He used loose brushwork to show the cold, still air. The painting is on view at The Cleveland Museum of Art. (104 words)
Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: ; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
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