1894
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris is a 1894 oil by Henri Rousseau, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a sawmill on the outskirts of Paris in this painting. It's a simple scene, but the details are interesting. The artist used bold colors and flat forms to create a sense of depth. The painting is similar to others that use a technique called impasto to add texture, and to learn more, you can look into the technique: glazing.
Paul Guillaume (1891–1934), Paris, by 1927 [Zervos 1927]. Valentine Dudensing, New York, 1929 [Chicago 1933]. Walter S. Brewster (1872–1954) and Kate Brewster (née Lancaster; c. 1879–1947), by 1933 [Chicago 1933]; bequeathed by Kate Brewster to the Art Institute, 1950.
Chicago, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brewster, Special View for the benefit of Chicago Public School Art Society of the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Brewster, Jan. 20–22, 1933, cat. 27. The Art Institute of Chicago, Henri Rousseau, January 22–February 23, 1942, pp. 20–21 (ill.); traveled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, Mar. 17–May 3, 1942. Pittsburgh, Penn., Carnegie Institute, Exhibition of Paintings by Henri Rousseau, Dec. 4–27, 1942, cat. 16. The Art Institute of Chicago, Kate L. Brewster Bequest, September 1950, no cat. Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Henri Rousseau di “Le…
Adolphe Basler, “L’Douanier’ Henri Rousseau,” L’Art Vivant (October 15, 1926), p. 782, as Paysage des environs de Paris (ill.). Christian Zervos, “Henri Rousseau et le sentiment poétique,” Cahiers d’art 9 (1926), p. 227 (ill.). Adolphe Basler, Henri Rousseau: Sa vie, son oeuvre (New York: Weyhe, 1927), p. 30, as Scierie de Clamart. Christian Zervos, Rousseau (Paris: Cahiers d’Art, 1927), pl. 16, as Environs de Paris. André Salmon, Henri Rousseau dit le Douanier (Paris: Les Éditions G. Crès, 1927), no. 30, as Paysage (ill.). James-Johnson Sweeny, “Exposition d’rt Français, Academie Royale des…
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Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was born on 21 May 1844 in Laval, Mayenne, and died in Paris on 2 September 1910.
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