Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

Taft Museum of Art

"Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape" is a special exhibition organized by the Taft Museum of Art in partnership with the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and will travel to these two European museums after premiering at the Taft. This audio tour has been made possible through the generosity of the docents of the Taft Museum of Art.

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10. Claude Monet, "Houses on the Achterzaan," 1871

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

Monet visited the Netherlands and painted this landscape near the village of Zaandam, very likely from a boat, in the manner of Daubigny. Like the older artist, Monet concentrated on the colorful reflections in the water and on capturing nuances of light and atmosphere.

14. Daubigny, "Moonrise at Auvers," 1877

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

This was the last canvas on Daubigny’s easel before his death in February of 1878. Here, he portrays the fields of Auvers in the early evening, as a shepherd and his flock head back to the village.

1. Introduction

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

The exhibition "Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape" introduces Charles François Daubigny, a relatively forgotten artist from the 1800s. It explores his landscape painting and his influence on the younger generation of artists known as the French Impressionists.

2. Daubigny, "The Crossroads of the Eagle’s Nest," 1844

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

Born in Paris in 1817, Daubigny studied Dutch landscapes in the Louvre Museum and trained with painters at the French Academy. He painted this early forest view delicately and precisely, using small brushes.

3. Daubigny, "The Harvest," 1851

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

In about 1851, Daubigny painted this view of peasants harvesting grain in the fields just northeast of Paris. He wanted to capture the diffuse sunlight shimmering through the hazy atmosphere on a hot summer day in central France.

4. Daubigny, "Spring," 1857

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

On a diagonal path alongside an orchard of flowering apple trees, a young woman rides a donkey. Behind her walk two young lovers, their heads barely visible above the fields of new grain. The scene evokes spring, with its fragrance, bursting growth, and romance. Surprisingly, this was not a common subject for painters at the time.

5. Daubigny, "At the Water’s Edge, Optevoz," about 1856

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

Daubigny traveled extensively to paint France’s many landscapes. Here, he captures the appearance of a still pond in the hills above the Rhône Valley.

6. Daubigny, "Ferryboat near Bonnières-sur-Seine," 1861

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

In 1857, Daubigny bought an old ferryboat and equipped it with a cabin so that he could paint the French riverbanks from the water.

7. Daubigny, "The Banks of the Oise River," 1863

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

After his first venture on his studio boat, Daubigny embarked on more painting trips—often for weeks at a time—in spring, summer, and fall. The pictures created on his boat trips have a watery foreground that features reflections of the sky, clouds, and trees. No one had ever painted landscapes like this; he had invented another new compositional type that everyone recognized then as highly original.

8. Daubigny, "The Cliffs of Villerville-sur-Mer," 1864 and 1872

Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh

01/12/16 • 1 min

Daubigny first encountered the ocean when visiting the Normandy coast in 1854. He wrote, “I see the ocean, and it is so beautiful that I don’t want to go anywhere else, and I can’t wait to work!”

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