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拍品專文
The present work was painted during James Carroll Beckwith's visit to Giverny in 1891. Spending time with fellow American expatriate artists Theodore Robinson and John Leslie Breck, Beckwith was introduced to Claude Monet and invited for dinner at his home, where he also viewed works by several other French Impressionists. Inspired by their approach to depicting the brilliant countryside, Beckwith began to adapt a brighter palette in the paintings he created that summer of landscapes and figures out of doors.
The artist probably referred to the present charming painting in his September 2nd diary entry, noting "I began a little head of Breck but the rain interrupted so we came indoors. Robinson came down and we all sat here by the fire until dinner time talking and gossiping about our neighbors." (as quoted in Intimate Revelations: The Art of James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917), New York, 1999, p. 64) With Beckwith employing vibrant, gestural brushwork to underscore Breck's casually intimate pose against the verdant landscape, the painting carries a sense of immediacy yet endures as a memento of the closeness between these two artist friends.
The artist probably referred to the present charming painting in his September 2nd diary entry, noting "I began a little head of Breck but the rain interrupted so we came indoors. Robinson came down and we all sat here by the fire until dinner time talking and gossiping about our neighbors." (as quoted in Intimate Revelations: The Art of James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917), New York, 1999, p. 64) With Beckwith employing vibrant, gestural brushwork to underscore Breck's casually intimate pose against the verdant landscape, the painting carries a sense of immediacy yet endures as a memento of the closeness between these two artist friends.