Landscape with Pond, c. 1896, Émile Schuffenecker, French, Fresne-Saint-Mamès, Franche-Comté 1851–Paris 1934, 11 1/8 x 18 in. (28.26 x 45.72 cm) (sight)18 5/8 x 25 1/4 in. (47.31 x 64.14 cm) (outer frame), Pastel on paper, France, 19th century, Claude-Émile Schuffenecker was a skilled post-impressionist artist, but his achievements have long been overshadowed by suspicions that he had surreptitiously finished canvases left incomplete by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne or made outright forgeries. He was deeply involved with the art world of his time, notably as a close associate of both Paul Gauguin and Odilon Redon and a major collector. This pastel reveals Schuffenecker's adroit and lively draftsmanship as well as his ability to create a strong sense of humid, light suffused atmosphere. Moreover, it provides evidence of his abiding interest in Van Gogh's work, both in the bold strokes and in the balance between sinuous flow and staccato rhythm in the undulations of the tree limbs.
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Landscape, Pond, 1896, Émile Schuffenecker, French, Fresne-Saint-Mamès, Franche-Comté 1851–Paris 1934, Odilon Redon, major collector, pastel reveals Schuffenecker's adroit, lively draftsmanship, well, ability, create, strong sense, humid, light suffused atmosphere, Moreover, provides evidence, abiding interest, Van Gogh's work, bold strokes, balance, sinuous flow, staccato rhythm, undulations, tree limbs, 18 5/8 x 25 1/4
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