Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River

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Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River

Maurice DenisLinkedCulture matchlcp-ec38b65b9a04

Date
1899
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
France
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
92844

Maurice Denis made this painting during the summer of 1899 while vacationing with his family in the coastal village of Le Pouldu in Brittany in northwestern France. Two-thirds of this canvas is filled by the lavender-pink surface of the water, dotted with touches of color that suggest reflections of flags and sails on the Belon River. Local women wearing traditional headdresses observe the scene from the riverbank in the foreground, shaded by trees whose foliage frames the top of the composition. Denis was an extremely prolific artist who experimented with other art forms. His decorative murals can be viewed in many French churches as well as on the ceiling of the Champs Élysées Theatre in Paris.

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Credit line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
Provenance
1899-1903: Collection of the Artist | 1903: (La Livre Esthetique, Brussels, Belgium, acquired by Thomas Braun directly from the artist) | 1903–1962: Thomas Braun [1876-1961] Brussels, Belgium, consigned to Galerie Andrew Maurice | 1962: (Galerie Andrew Maurice, Paris, France, May 14, 1962, sold to the family of Samuel Josefowicz) | 1962–2015: Family of Samuel Josefowicz, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley | 2015–2020: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2020–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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