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(Farm, Belle-Île)
(c. 1889)
Medium
oil on canvas on wood panel
Measurements
12.2 × 25.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
Gallery location
Gallery 20
Level 3, NGV Australia
About this work
By October 1888, the Australian painter John Russell and his wife Marianna had left Paris and moved into their new house on Belle-Île, off the coast of Brittany. The area was a popular destination for expatriate artists at the time, who were inspired by contemporary French artists working in Impressionist and post-Impressionist manners. Le Château de l’Anglais, as the locals called it, provided Russell with a base from which to make painting expeditions around the island, as well as to provide a bed for many visiting artists, including Henri Matisse. Fellow Australians John and Topsy Longstaff were among his first guests, staying for several months. Farm, Belle Île broadly and rapidly painted with square brushes, is a memento of this time.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Belle-Île, France
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.r.: J Longstaff
Accession Number
2004.187
Department
Australian Painting
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Subjects (general)
Agriculture Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
Belle-ële-en-Mer (island) Brittany (region (administrative division)) buildings (structures) fields (land) France (nation) grass (plant material) roads