Frédéric Mistral; Mémoires et Recits Pl.08 (1937)
Auguste Brouet1937 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1941)
Specifications
- Year
- 1937
- Nationality / school
- French
- Lifespan
- 1872–1941
About the artwork
Dated 1937, "Frédéric Mistral; Mémoires et Recits Pl.08" is an artwork by Auguste Brouet. Historical background, 1937: Dada and Surrealism followed the First World War, the Bauhaus school was founded in 1919, and Art Deco became the fashionable decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s. The first decades of the twentieth century were a period of rapid experiment, with Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, and the first abstract painting appearing within a few years of each other. The catalogue places it in Landscape. The format is portrait. Background on Landscape: Painters have used landscape to study light, weather, season, and the relation between people and place. Landscape became an independent genre in European painting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, while in East Asia it had long been central to ink painting.
"Frédéric Mistral; Mémoires et Recits Pl.08" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A portrait format suits narrow wall spaces, hallways, and the area beside a door or window. Landscape scenes add depth and a sense of air to the room, helping the space feel more open and working especially well above a sofa, console, or desk. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
French, 1872–1941
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