Artwork Details
7 x 57 in.
Mark DescriptionSigned with initials and dated at right end of panel: 1894 | CA
Accession NumberSamuel Josefowitz Collection of the School of Pont-Aven, through the generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc., the Josefowitz Family, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cornelius, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Betley, Lori and Dan Efroymson, and other Friends of the Museum
CopyrightEuropean Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteProvenance research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. If you have questions, or if you have information to share with us, please contact info@discovernewfields.org
Influenced by traditional local wood carving, many Pont-Aven artists sculpted furniture and decorative panels. This relief adopts the popular Breton theme of families waving farewell to the seafaring fishermen.
Carving with a gouge before applying the color, Amiet cleverly extended the windswept figures and sailboats across the wide panel.
Amiet spent thirteen months in Pont-Aven and carried many of the artists' progressive ideas back to his native Switzerland.
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