Robert William Vonnoh
American, 1858–1933
Spring in France
INV-9729
Robert William Vonnoh
American, 1858–19331890
Spring in France
Robert William Vonnoh American, 1858–1933 →Impressionismpaintingamerican arts
Date
1890
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
38.7 × 55.9 cm (15 1/4 × 22 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Wirt D. Walker Fund
Robert Vonnoh was among the first American painters to explore Impressionism. He received his formative artistic training in Boston and headed to Paris in the early 1880s for further instruction. By the late 1880s, Vonnoh had settled in Grez-sur-Loing, a rural area outside of Paris that attracted a growing colony of artists who worked outdoors. Here, using a brilliant palette, broken brushstrokes, and unblended colors, Vonnoh captured the budding vegetation and warming sunlight of a spring day. Intense greens, peaches, and lavenders convey the dappled light and shadows of a winding road at right. The fence posts marking the edge of the yard and white linens hanging from a nearby tree highlight the scene’s domestic setting.
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