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At the River's Bend (On the River II)

At the River's Bend (On the River II) by Lilla Cabot Perry

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65.5 × 81.5 cm (25 13/16 × 32 1/8 in.)

Classification

painting

Department

Arts of the Americas

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

256797

Rights

Public Domain

About this artwork

Lilla Cabot Perry anchored this sensitive figure study, modeled by her daughter Edith, in a sun-dappled view of the Epte River in France. Staccato brushstrokes of bright pigments capture the scintillating effects of the surrounding landscape. Perry was one of the first American artists to embrace Impressionism. She studied in Boston and then Paris, where in 1889 she encountered the work of Claude Monet, leading to a friendship with him and numerous summer stays near his home in Giverny. She pain...

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