1896
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Dominant colour
In the Heather is a 1896 oil by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
The painting shows a woman walking in a field of heather. She's alone, and the atmosphere is calm. The artist used a simple composition to focus on the woman and the landscape. The woman is dressed in a long coat, and her face is turned away. This makes her seem mysterious and quiet. The heather is painted in soft colors, which adds to the calm feeling. You can learn more about the artist's style by looking at the work of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.
Sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, October 13, 1896 [according to Price 2010]; sold to Stanley McCormick (died 1947), November 4, 1896 [according to Price 2010]; his widow Katharine Dexter McCormick (died 1967); bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1968.
London, Hayward Gallery, French Symbolist Painters: Moreau, Puvis de Chavannes, Redon and Their Followers, June 7–July 23, 1972, cat. 232; traveled to Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, August 9–September 17, 1972.
René Gimpel, Journal d’un collectionneur (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1963), p. 232; translated (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966), p. 222; reprinted (Paris: Hermann, 2011, p. 328. Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1967–1968 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1968), p. 20. John H. Neff, “Puvis de Chavannes: Three Easel Paintings,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 4 (1969), pp. 68, 78, 79–80, 85 n. 48, fig. 12. Aimée Brown Price, “Puvis de Chavannes: A Study of the Easel Paintings and A Catalogue of the Painted Works,” (Ph.D. diss., Yale University, 1972), p. 654–55, no. 358.…
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French pronunciation: ; 14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France".
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