The Park at Mortefontaine

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Artist

Bidauld, Jean Joseph Xavier

nationality

French

birth-death

1758-1846

Creation date

1806

Collection

European

Materials

oil on canvas

Dimensions

34 1/2 x 50 1/2 in.

Currently On View

Location

Norb & Ruth Schaefer, Sr. and Norb & Carolyn Schaefer Jr. Gallery

Credit line

Gift of the Honorable Paul H. Buchanan, Jr., Dr and Mrs. Robert W. Greenleaf, The Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Alicia Ballard Fine Arts Purchase Fund and the Allen Whitehill Clowes Fund.

Accession number

1985.189

Provenance
Gallery Label

Provenance

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Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.

Gallery Label

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Bidauld was one of the most celebrated landscapists of the Neoclassical era. He developed his style during a five-year stay in Italy, where he learned to make his art an ordered observation of nature.

In this canvas Bidauld shows his ability to hold all elements of the composition in balance. His precise, smooth brush strokes are the ideal vehicle to transcribe the unruffled surface of the water. The treatment of light and reflection also contributes to the effect of icy perfection.

After the fall of Napoleon, his brother emigrated to America with this painting.

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