Theodore Robinson
La Vachère
1887
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Theodore Robinson
La Vachère
1887
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 91 1/4 x 66 x 2 3/4 in. (231.8 x 167.6 x 7 cm) Sight: 85 1/2 x 59 in. (217.2 x 149.9 cm)
Credit Line
Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object Number
1966.46
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.
Unknown frame shop; William T. Evans, New York, 1906; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sale, New York, 1956; Babcock Galleries, New York; Joseph Katz, Baltimore
IN MONET'S LIGHT: THEODORE ROBINSON AT GIVERNY
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Bryson Burroughs, 'Catalogue of Paintings,' 9th ed. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1931, p. 306.
William H. Truettner, William T. Evans: Collection of American Paintings, 'American Art Journal,' III, no. 2 (Fall 1971) p. 77.
Sona Johnston. Theodore Robinson, 1852-1896. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1973, page x, cat. no. 20.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Paintings 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 136-137, ill. p. 136.
Lois Marie Fink, 'American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons,' National Museum of Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, 1990, p. 228, ill. Fig. 124.
William H. Gerdts, 'Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France 1865-1915.' Published by Terra Foundation for the Arts, p. 52 ill.
H. Barbara Weinberg, 'Childe Hassam: American Impressionist, ' New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 20, Fig. 21.
Sona Johnston, "In Monet’s Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny". Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; London: Philip Wilson, 2004, page 152, plate 40.
George William Sheldon, Recent Ideals of American Art, New York, 1888, part 7, ill. p. 129; Florence N. Levy, "Theodore Robinson," Bulletin of MMA, July 1906, p. 111, ill.; Art and Progress, Apr. 1910, PP. 152-153; Bryson Burroughs, Catalogue of Paintings, gth ed., New York: MMA, 1931, p. 306; The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Oct. 24-26, 1956, no. 398; William H. Treuttner, "William T. Evans, Collector of American Paintings, American Art Journal, Fall 1971, p. 77
Inscribed: l.l., TH. ROBINSON---1888
On View at the BMA
