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Point du Jour, banks of the Seine
(Point du Jour, bords de la Seine)
1901
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
46.2 × 65.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1940
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
This is one of a series of views of urban Paris painted by Félix Vallotton that he referred to as paysages décoratifs (decorative landscapes). From 1901 onwards his landscapes were increasingly constructed, or ‘arranged’, from memory, rather than being strictly ‘copied’ from nature. Like other progressive artists before him, Vallotton was drawn to the industrialised outskirts of Paris, in this case to the Quai du Point du Jour, near the Auteuil viaduct.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: F. VALLOTTON. 01
Accession Number
959-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Cityscapes
Subjects (specific)
boats bridges (built works) cities Paris (inhabited place) riverbanks riverine landscapes rivers Seine River (river)