Artwork Details
21-3/8 x 26-3/8 in. (canvas) 28-3/4 x 34 x 1-5/8 in. (framed, glazed)
Mark DescriptionSigned and dated, lower left: A.W. Finch | 88
Accession NumberGift in memory of Robert S. Ashby by his family and friends
CopyrightEuropean Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette(Patrick Derom Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, through Christie's); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1997.
When Seurat first exhibited in Brussels in 1887, several progressive Belgian artists were attracted to his methods. Finch was the first one to adopt Neo-Impressionism, and this landscape is one of his early efforts to use pointillist brushwork and divided color. His deft blend of geometric simplicity and gentle luminosity, accented by the image's sense of stillness and detachment, demonstrates Finch's exceptional affinity with the work of Seurat.
The unusual subject of sheep grazing amid a row of electricity poles may be the artist's wry commentary on the interaction of rural life and industrialization.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Building a New World: Impressions of Industry in the Late-Nineteenth Century
Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario
February 16, 2019 - May 12, 2019
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