The bridge on the Seine at Chatou
(Le Pont sur la Seine à Chatou)
(c. 1908)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
60.5 × 73.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
© Maurice de Vlaminck/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
A critical change in Maurice de Vlaminck’s work occurred around 1907, following the Paul Cézanne memorial retrospective in Paris. After seeing this exhibition, Vlaminck became increasingly interested in the structure of landscapes, a direction his work was already taking. His landscapes became flatter, with individual details seeming less important than the overall relationship of forms. While Vlaminck continued to paint very expressively, his palette became more limited in comparison to his earlier Fauvist work.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: Vlaminck
Accession Number
1965-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
boatmen bridges (built works) France (nation) Paris (inhabited place) riverbanks riverine landscapes rivers Seine River (river)
Provenance
With Gerald Corcoran (dealer), London, before 1948[1]; from whom purchased, on the advice of A.J.L. McDonnell, for the Felton Bequest, 1949.
[1] Label on reverse of painting for Gerald Corcoran (1908–98), dealer of “Old and Modern Paintings and Drawings”, based at Pont Street, adjacent Knightsbridge and Belgravia. In the 1930s he had been employed at Matthiesen Gallery, but after returning from the war and finding his job was no longer available, he began dealing privately from his Pont Street home. He was friend and agent/manager to Edward Burra. In 1947 Corcoran joined the firm of Alex Reid & Lefevre.