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Breton Landscape

1891–92

Jan Verkade

(Dutch, 1868–1946)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 65.4 x 54.3 cm (25 3/4 x 21 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.117
Public Domain
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Location
222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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Did You Know?

Verkade painted many landscapes, including a drop cloth he painted for a puppet show titled Les Sept Princesses (The Seven Princesses).

Description

Brittany, in northwestern France, was an important place to Verkade both artistically and spiritually. The artist was captivated by the terrain that differed so greatly from that of Amsterdam, inspiring a series of Breton landscapes. Verkade also converted to Catholicism during his travels to Brittany, shifting the trajectory of his art away from landscapes and toward a revival of religious painting and sacred art.
A vertically oriented oil painting depicts a hilly landscape of rolling green and brown fields. In the lower third, an orange path is flanked by dark blue rocks topped with green. Centrally, a thin tree with a rounded green canopy stands near a bare, spindly tree to the left. The fields recede toward a thin strip of yellow light along the horizon, below a dark gray sky that occupies the upper third.

Breton Landscape

1891–92

Jan Verkade

(Dutch, 1868–1946)
Netherlands

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