The Brook

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The Brook

Paul CezanneLinkedCulture matchlcp-345dc2f12ad3

Date
c. 1895–1900
Medium
oil on fabric
Culture
France, late 19th-early 20th Century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
135173

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Although Cezanne exhibited twice with the Impressionists, he rejected his friends’ goals of capturing the fleeting effects of light and atmosphere in their art. Instead, he sought to create balance among the forms and colors in his compositions. This painting depicts the valley of the Arc River that runs southeast of Cezanne’s home in Aix-en-Provence. Throughout the composition, he juxtaposed strokes of different hues, describing the leaves, branches, and the stream with color rather than drawing the outlines of forms. Cezanne rarely did preparatory sketches for his paintings. The shapes on the canvas are provided by tonal contrasts and color sensation.

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Credit line
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris, France | Walther Halvorsen [1887-1972]. Oslo, Norway | (Galerie Brummer, Paris, France/New York, NY) | by 1928: (Galerie Heinemann, Munich, Germany, by 1928, sold to a Private Collection) | Private Collection, Vienna, Austria | Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Boston, MA | by 1939: Thomas Metcalf, Boston, MA | (Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY) | 1945: (Sam Salz, New York, NY, March 12, 1945, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.) | 1945-1958: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1958-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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