Sun on Snow, Chartres
Henri LE SIDANER
(French, 1862-1939)
Sun on Snow, Chartres
Date1902
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 23 x 31 1/2 in. (58.4 x 80 cm)
frame: 28 7/8 × 37 5/8 × 2 in. (73.3 × 95.6 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Seech
Object number1962.7
Subject(s)
- winter
- trees, landscape
- townscapes (built environment)
Collection
- 19th century French
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Label TextAlthough initially a student of Alexandre Cabanel (the academic artist most reviled by the novelist and art critic Émile Zola), Le Sidaner quickly turned to the Impressionists for inspiration. This painting, with its roseate light, shows off Le Sidaner’s adaptation of Seurat’s broken brushwork and was likely painted from memory rather than direct observation, which accounts for its Symbolist quality.
