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Sunset on the Coast

Jules Dupré (French, 1811-1889) (Artist)
ca. 1870-75
oil on canvas
(18th and 19th Centuries )

In the 1830s, Dupré helped to transmit the influence of the English landscape tradition to France. During the last two decades of his life he concentrated on marine painting, acquiring a house at Cayeux-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast where he stayed annually for this purpose. His late paintings are characterized by low horizons, intense colors, and thickly applied paint. Here, the golden sun silhouettes fishing boats on a calm sea.

Inscription

[Signature] At lower right: Jules Dupré; [Label] Label on reverse of M. Deforge-Carpentier, Paris, Artists' Supplies

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

William T. Walters, Baltimore, between 1884 and 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2014-2016 From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2011 Setting Sail: Drawings of the Sea from WAM. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2008-2009 The Road to Impressionism: Barbizon Landscapes from the Walters Art Museum. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; The Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh.
2004-2005 The Road to Impressionism: Landscapes from Corot to Manet. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1998 Before Monet: Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters: Highlights from The Walters Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
1889-1890 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
1/1/1957 Treatment cleaned; coated; other
10/15/1997 Examination examined for condition
12/1/1997 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation; coated; re-framed; other
3/1/2006 Examination examined for loan
8/15/2006 Examination examined for loan
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Geographies

France, Cayeux (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 29 3/16 x W: 23 15/16 in. (74.1 x 60.8 cm); Framed H: 44 1/4 x W: 39 x D: 8 1/2 in. (112.4 x 99.06 x 21.59 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters, 1884-89

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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37.120

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