GIVERNY - THE SCHOOL

Artist THEODORE EARL BUTLER (1861 - 1936)

Date1904

CountryUSA

MediumOil on canvas on board

Dimensions65.4 x 81.3 cm (25 3/4 x 32") (Image)
Frame: 78.7 x 94.6 cm (31 x 37 1/4")

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of James H. Jackson.

Terms

Object number820020200

DescriptionThe image is a landscape executed in an Impressionistic style depicting a small village set within a mountain valley. The cluster of buildings are anchored by three large structures, one in the foreground and two in the middle ground; all three buildings have hip roofs however the one in the foreground has a chimney stack in the roof while the two in the middle ground have chimneys on each end. The smaller buildings have gable roofs; trees and bushes surround the structures and there is a yellow haystack in front of the foremost building. The background hills are green and orange with white clouds billowing behind them.

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