The Promenade (Landscape with Cypresses)

1897

Henri-Edmond Cross

(French, 1856–1910)

Culture

France, 19th century

Medium

color lithograph on chine collé

Credit Line

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Mrs. Ralph King 1952.209

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Location

Not on view

Description

In 1891, Henri Cross began painting in a pointillist style influenced by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. He also left Paris and moved to the south of France, settling in Saint-Clair, a small village near Saint-Tropez. There, he concentrated on seascapes and scenes of peasants in harmony with nature. The sensuous silhouettes of cypresses and the swaying circle of figures by the water’s edge exemplify Cross’s decorative treatment of landscape, also recalling the Japanese color woodcuts and Art Nouveau designs that inspired other neo-Impressionists at the time.