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Seascape

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Ker-Xavier Roussel
1867-1944

Seascape

19th century
8 9/16 x 17 13/16 inches (218 x 453 mm)
Oil study on canvas.
2009.273

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

Notes
Ker-Xavier Roussel was a central figure in the Nabis, a group of predominantly French artists who formed a secret brotherhood in Paris in 1888-9. Their work was indebted to Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) and can be characterized by flat planes of color, often outlined in dark contours. This oil study of a seascape, which is signed at the lower left corner, probably dates to Roussel's later career, when he abandoned the Nabis style and reverted to Neo-Impressionism. The composition was likely painted en plein air.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, "K.X. Roussel".
Classification
Century Drawings