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An oil painting with loose brushwork of a warm pastoral scene with a young woman standing next to a cow in a grassy area, surrounded by lush greenery.

Theodore Robinson. La Vachère. 1888. Oil on Canvas. 85.5 x 59 in. (217.17 × 149.86 cm.).Baltimore Museum of Art: Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by His Children, 1966.46

An oil painting with loose brushwork of a warm pastoral scene with a young woman standing next to a cow in a grassy area, surrounded by lush greenery.

La Vachère

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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

Theodore Robinson

Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
Width: 59"
Height: 85 1/2"
Date:
1888

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 [#6, to the right], was donated to the Museum in 1950 as part of the Cone Collection. Sixteen years later, the BMA acquired La Vachère.

Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by His Children BMA 1966.46

La Vachère

Theodore Robinson
Date:
1888
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Size:
Width: 59"
Height: 85 1/2"

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 [#6, to the right], was donated to the Museum in 1950 as part of the Cone Collection. Sixteen years later, the BMA acquired La Vachère.

Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by His Children BMA 1966.46