Sujet
Midnight, 1891. Creator: Jean-Charles Cazin (French, 1841-1901).
Légende
Midnight, 1891. This painting depicts Abbeville, a city in northern France famous for its canals and architecture. It lies near the seaport of Boulogne-sur-Mer, Cazin's hometown and where he spent the last decades of his life painting the countryside, beaches, and nearby towns. Cazin specialized in landscapes, often influenced by his knowledge of English and Dutch painters. The title, Midnight , and the image itself suggest silence and stillness?Cazin's hallmarks?but only rarely did he attain this almost surrealistic atmosphere. Cazin was educated in Paris at the famous Ecole Gratuite de Dessins (Free School of Drawing), an innovative and unorthodox institution teaching drawing from memory. He studied there with fellow artists Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), and Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). They all shared an interest in Symbolism?the movement that sees symbols in reality and perceives reality through symbols.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F93_351
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
91,6Mo (8,2Mo) / 48,1cm x 47,7cm / 5682 x 5633 (300dpi)