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Collection Online as of May 13, 2025

Banks of the Oise at Dawn

1888
(French, 1864–1940)
France
Oil on canvas
51 x 71 cm (20 1/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund 2019.18
Location: 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

Did You Know?

Hayet received considerable critical praise for his original idea of developing a Neo-Impressionist color chart that incorporates gray tones.

Description

Louis Hayet was an important, early practitioner of Neo-Impressionism, or Pointillism, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of paint so that from a distance the hues visually blend together and create an intense sensation of color and light. Notice the way in which Hayet painted the pale dawn sky—and its reflection in the River Oise—with strokes of pink, orange, blue, yellow, and green paint. When seen at a distance, the effect is of early morning, before the sun has fully risen.
  • 1888
    Louis Hayet, the artist
    1940
    George Hayet, the artist's son
    c. 1960s-1976
    Marie-Claude Fischer, Paris
    1976
    Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne, Switzerland
    c. 2015
    Private Collector, Switzerland
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    Published as: "River Landscape" Mentioned: P. 86, no. 109; Reproduced: p. 112, no. 109
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    Bocquillon-Ferretti, Marina. Georges Seurat, Paul Signac e i neoimpressionisti. Milan: Skira, 2008. Reproduced: p. 118
    Homburg, Cornelia et al. Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities: Painting, Poetry, Music. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Reproduced: p. 46; Detail; p. 51
    Robinson, William H. "Acquisitions 2019: European Paintings and Sculpture, 1500-1800," Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine (March/April 2020): Cover, 17. Reproduced: Cover, P. 17; Mentioned: P. 17.
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    Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities: Painting, Poetry, Music. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (September 27, 2014-January 11, 2015).
    Georges Seurat, Paul Signac e i neoimpressionisti. Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (October, 2008-January 25, 2009).
    Louis Hayet, oeuvres néo-impressionnistes de 1885 à 1895, Musée Tavet, 13 April - 4 August 1991.
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  • {{cite web|title=Banks of the Oise at Dawn|url=false|author=Louis Hayet|year=1888|access-date=13 May 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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