The Artist's Garden at Saint-Clair
The art of Henri-Edmond Cross belongs to the later years of Neo-Impressionism. It was not until he moved to Saint-Clair, a small hamlet on the Côte d'Azur near Saint-Tropez, that he turned to pure landscape painting in oil and watercolor, using a vivid palette of saturated colors. On the Mediterranean coast, Cross relaxed the rigorous optical arrangements of the Divisionist technique in favor of a style of painting using long, blocky brushmarks in decorative, mosaic-like patterns. Cross painted many radiant watercolors of his semi-tropical garden in Saint-Clair, where he and Paul Signac often entertained. Pierre Matisse, André Derain, and Albert Marquet, artists later associated with the Fauve movement, were frequent guests.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Artist's Garden at Saint-Clair
- Artist: Henri-Edmond Cross (Henri-Edmond Delacroix) (French, Douai 1856–1910 Saint-Clair)
- Date: 1904–5
- Medium: Watercolor
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (26.6 x 35.8cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948
- Object Number: 48.10.7
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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