Sunlight on Water
Maurice de Vlaminck was at the center of an avantgarde movement known as Fauvism. Fauve, meaning “wild beast,” characterized a group of painters closely linked to Henri Matisse, and who flourished in France in the early years of the twentieth century. Fauve painters rejected the Impressionist technique and modulated color in favor of bold brushstrokes and a highly keyed palette. In the first decade of the last century, Vlaminck shared a studio with fellow Fauve André Derain in Chatou, a suburb northwest of Paris. Sunlight on Water is one of his many canvases to explore light and atmosphere, and its collateral colors, in local settings.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sunlight on Water
- Artist: Maurice de Vlaminck (French, Paris 1876–1958 Rueil-La-Gadelière)
- Date: 1905
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 15 1/16 x 18 in. (38.2 x 45.7 cm)
Frame: 25 1/4 x 28 5/8 x Depth 4 1/4 in. (64.1 x 72.7 x 10.8 cm.) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.220
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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