Promenade in the Woods

Artist

Carolus-Duran

nationality

French

birth-death

1838-1917

Creation date

1861

Materials

oil on canvas

Dimensions

60 x 106 in.

Currently On View

Location

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

Credit line

Gift of Judge and Mrs. Paul H. Buchanan, Jr.

Accession number

1983.185

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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Best known for his portraits of famous Parisians, Carolus-Duran also painted landscapes. This one, his first major work, shows his awareness of the Barbizon School. Courbet's influence is also apparent, especially in the broad sweeps of the palette knife and the sonorous greens and browns of forest shade. The canvas is probably set in Fontainebleau, the artist's favorite site during this period.

The relationship of the couple strolling in the forest is unclear. The woman, who appears to be wearing the garb of mourning, resembles the artist's mother.

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