Leon Kroll
Landscape – Two Rivers
1916
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Leon Kroll
Landscape – Two Rivers
1916
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 41 1/8 × 47 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (104.5 × 119.7 × 9.5 cm.)
Sight: 33 1/4 × 39 1/4 in. (84.5 × 99.7 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.343
Leon Kroll first encountered the work of Paul Cézanne in 1909 in the window of a Paris gallery. He later recalled, “I looked at those two pictures in the window, and they fascinated me.” He had never heard Cézanne’s name before, but his influence became very important to Kroll’s work over the course of the next 10 years. In 1917, Kroll produced a group of landscapes that show Cézanne’s inspiration most vividly, including this view of Eddyville, New York. It is painted with a technique reminiscent of Cézanne’s work, particularly his use of volumetric form, rich color, and sense of monumentality. “I don’t copy nature,” he said. “I just use it… I select out of nature what I need and then compose it. I shift the buildings and I shift the trees.”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, May 5, 1934; the artist, New York
Cézanne and American Modernism
Academy of the Arts 50th Anniversary - Easton, Maryland
AMW Reinstallation 2014
American Wing Rotations 2020
American Wing Rotations 2021
Cone Wing Rotations 2021
Cone Wing Rotations 2022
Cone Wing Rotations 2023
Cone Wing Rotations 2024
Cone Wing Rotations 2025
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 23, pl. 78, ill. (published as "Landscape").
"An Exhibition of Paintings by Leon Kroll," Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1935, no. 14 (published as "Landscape").
Bernard Danenberg, "Leon Kroll: The Rediscovered Years," New York: Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Inc., 1970, no. 37, ill.
Nancy Hale and Fredson Bowers, eds., "Leon Kroll A Spoken Memoir," Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia for the University of Virginia Art Museum, 1983, no. 37, ill.
Arthur R. Blumenthal, ed., "350 Years of Art & Architecture In Maryland," College Park: Art Gallery and The Gallery of the School of Architecture, University of Maryland, 1984, p. 98, no. 75, ill. (published as "Landscape").
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 36, 150, 188, p. 36, ill.
Sona Johnston, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," Baltimore: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 1996, no. 6 (published as "Landscape").
Gail Stavitsky and Katherine Rothkopf, eds., "Cézanne and American Modernism," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2009, pp. 230-231, 372, cat. no. 60, ill.
Inscribed: Recto: bottom right in black paint, "Leon Kroll"
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