Exhibition Guide

La Vachère

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    A Conversation About Light and Cows

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    Robinson with Claude Monet in France

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Portrait of Claude Monet, 1890. Theodore Robinson. Charcoal on paper 21 5/8 x 12 ¾ in. Courtesy of Ann M. and Thomas W. Barwick
A poem by Robinson, Published in Scribners in 1897, a year after Robinson's death.

Art Object Info

Painted in the summer of 1888, La Vachère depicts a young peasant girl occupied with sewing while tending her cow. A soft, light palette and varied brushstrokes demonstrate Theodore Robinson’s familiarity with elements of Impressionism as practiced by his friend Claude Monet. Robinson worked with Monet during the summers of 1888–1892. Here, the trees shimmer in reflected light while colorful shadows play across the fabric of the young girl’s costume. Shown in the Paris Salon in 1889, this full-scale canvas was preceded by numerous studies. One of those studies, In the Grove, was donated to the Museum in 1950 as part of the Cone Collection. Sixteen years later, the BMA acquired La Vachère.

 

Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
H: 86.38'
W: 59.63'
Date:
1888
Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by His Children BMA 1966.46

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Art Object Info

Painted in the summer of 1888, La Vachère depicts a young peasant girl occupied with sewing while tending her cow. A soft, light palette and varied brushstrokes demonstrate Theodore Robinson’s familiarity with elements of Impressionism as practiced by his friend Claude Monet. Robinson worked with Monet during the summers of 1888–1892. Here, the trees shimmer in reflected light while colorful shadows play across the fabric of the young girl’s costume. Shown in the Paris Salon in 1889, this full-scale canvas was preceded by numerous studies. One of those studies, In the Grove, was donated to the Museum in 1950 as part of the Cone Collection. Sixteen years later, the BMA acquired La Vachère.

 

Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
W: 59.63'
H: 86.38'
Date:
1888
Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by His Children BMA 1966.46