Maurice Denis, Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River
Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.110 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Maurice Denis

Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River

1899

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75 × 80 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-109279

Maurice Denis made this painting during the summer of 1899 while vacationing with his family in the coastal village of Le Pouldu in Brittany in northwestern France. Two-thirds of this canvas is filled by the lavender-pink surface of the water, dotted with touches of color that suggest reflections of flags and sails on the Belon River. Local women wearing traditional headdresses observe the scene from the riverbank in the foreground, shaded by trees whose foliage frames the top of the composition.

Provenance

Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.110

Registry history

  • 1899 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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