1892
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Breton Landscape is a 1892 unspecified by Jan Verkade, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see rolling green hills, a quiet village, and a sky full of soft clouds—all bathed in gentle light. Verkade painted this in Brittany, a place that felt nothing like his flat Dutch homeland. The landscape’s wild beauty pulled him in, but so did something deeper: while there, he converted to Catholicism, which soon changed his art for good. To see how his work shifted after this moment, look up *Jan Verkade (Dutch, 1868–1946)*.
Brittany, in northwestern France, was an important place to Verkade both artistically and spiritually. The artist was captivated by the terrain that differed so greatly from that of Amsterdam, inspiring a series of Breton landscapes. Verkade also converted to Catholicism during his travels to Brittany, shifting the trajectory of his art away from landscapes and toward a revival of religious painting and sacred art.
Verkade painted many landscapes, including a drop cloth he painted for a puppet show titled Les Sept Princesses (The Seven Princesses).
Read the full account in the museum source.
Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus "Jan" Verkade (18 September 1868 – 19 July 1946), afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., was a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter.
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