The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 26, 2024

Study for "Landscape with Figure and Houses"

Study for "Landscape with Figure and Houses"

c. 1891
(French, 1851–1934)
France
pastel
Sheet: 33.5 x 50 cm (13 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2016.269
Location: not on view

Description

This drawing is a study for Claude-Emile Schuffenecker's highly finished pastel with the same title, also in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art (2014.2). All of the major compositional elements of the scene—the lichen-covered rocks in the foreground, the figure by the fence that stretches horizontally across the landscape, and the cottage in the distance—are suggested in this preparatory work. Flecks of color in the field and streaks in the background foliage and sky create a shimmering effect that is further enhanced in the finished pastel.
  • ?-?
    Private collection, Nice
    ?-2016
    (Pierre Maillard, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    2016-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art (11/19/2016 - 3/19/2017); "Pure Color: Pastels from the Cleveland Museum of Art”
  • {{cite web|title=Study for "Landscape with Figure and Houses"|url=false|author=Claude-Emile Schuffenecker|year=c. 1891|access-date=26 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.269