La Tour de Solidor at St. Severin, Normandy
ca. 1877
- Medium
- oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 30.8 × 25.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138557
James Carroll Beckwith made many trips to Europe throughout his life and spent at least one summer in Normandy. The coastal light inspired a series of moody paintings of dramatic ruins set against restless skies. This piece shows a fourteenth-century fortress in the city of Saint-Malo. Beckwith placed the massive structure at the top of the canvas against a dark, stormy sky to emphasize its heigh…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution
Registry history
- ca. 1877 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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