Pines Along the Shore
The Met
Artist: Henri-Edmond Cross (Henri-Edmond Delacroix)(French, Douai 1856–1910 Saint-Clair)
Date: 1896
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 21 3/8 × 25 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (54.3 × 65.4 × 2.8 cm) Framed: 30 1/4 × 34 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (76.8 × 87.6 × 10.8 cm)
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Pointillist coastal landscape with trees, water, and distant mountains under a bright sky
Detailed Description
A horizontal pointillist painting depicts a vibrant coastal landscape. In the foreground, the ground is rendered with a dense application of small, distinct dots in shades of purple, orange, pink, and blue, suggesting a sandy or earthy terrain. Darker areas of these dots create shadows, particularly on the left and center. On the far left, a thick tree trunk, composed of orange and brown dots, rises and curves slightly to the right, supporting a broad canopy of dense blue and green foliage that fills the upper left quadrant. To the right, three slender, curving tree trunks, primarily in orange and purple hues, emerge from the bottom right corner, their sparse canopies of orange and green dots visible against the sky. The midground features a wide body of water, depicted with various shades of blue and purple dots, stretching horizontally across the canvas. A narrow strip of lighter, yellowish-green dots forms the shoreline, interspersed with darker green and purple bushes. In the background, layers of distant mountains, rendered in soft blue and purple dots, rise behind the water. The sky above is a pale expanse of white, pink, and light blue dots, suggesting a bright, clear day.
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