pastel in blues and greens; trees at right hanging over small lake; gray painted wood frame

Landscape with Pond, c. 1896

Pastel on paperexpand_more

Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more  2010.93.4

Not on Viewexpand_more

Claude-Émile Schuffenecker was a skilled post-impressionist artist, but his achievements have long been overshadowed by suspicions that he had surreptitiously finished canvases left incomplete by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne or made outright forgeries. He was deeply involved with the art world of his time, notably as a close associate of both Paul Gauguin and Odilon Redon and a major collector. This pastel reveals Schuffenecker's adroit and lively draftsmanship as well as his ability to create a strong sense of humid, light suffused atmosphere. Moreover, it provides evidence of his abiding interest in Van Gogh's work, both in the bold strokes and in the balance between sinuous flow and staccato rhythm in the undulations of the tree limbs.

Details
Title
Landscape with Pond
Artist Life
Fresne-Saint-Mamès, Franche-Comté 1851–Paris 1934
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2010.93.4
Provenance
[Les Deux Iles, Paris, until 1963; sold to Dayton]; Bruce B. and Ruth Dayton, Wayzata, Minn. (until 2010, inv. 63-10; given to MIA)
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pastel in blues and greens; trees at right hanging over small lake; gray painted wood frame