Women Meeting in the Shade
1890
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Ker-Xavier Roussel
Ker-Xavier Roussel was a French painter associated with Les Nabis.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Women Meeting in the Shade is a 1890 unspecified by Ker-Xavier Roussel, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Two women and four children sit under a tree in soft green light. The scene feels quiet, like a lazy afternoon. Roussel painted this around 1890, when he was part of a group called the Nabis. They loved bold colors and simple shapes, inspired by Japanese prints. Here, the figures almost melt into the background—no dramatic poses, just a moment of rest. To see how other artists used flat colors and patterns, look up the subject: france, 19th century, mod euro.
Roussel was a founding member of the French avant-garde group known as the Nabis (prophets) and the brother-in-law of fellow member Édouard Vuillard. Roussel shared their fascination with Japanese prints and developed a style of radically simplified forms and strong, decorative color. His intimate views of daily life convey a mood of quiet feeling rather than focusing on narrative, storytelling content. This painting depicts a group of figures, presumably two women and four children, meeting in the shade of tall trees, while other figures walk along the grassy riverbank.
Known mostly for his small Nabis paintings of the 1890s, Roussel also produced large murals for the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, and the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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Ker-Xavier Roussel was a French painter associated with Les Nabis.
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