Guillaumin; Armand
1841 - 1927

Les Br閖ots; premiers jours de mai; le matin.

1917. Signed lower left: Guillaumin. Oil on canvas. 65 x 81 cm.

Provenance:
- Theano Staehelin Gallery; Zurich; 1990;
- Private collection; North Germany.

Literature:
Fondation de l'hermitage; Armand Guillaumin. 1841-1927. Un ma顃re de l'impressionnisme
fran鏰is; Lausanne; 1996; Nr. 88.

Exhibition:
Vom Spiel der Farbe. Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927). Ein vergessener Impressionist
(exhib.cat. K鰈n; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum; 24. Februar bis 5. Mai 1996); K鰈n 1996.

Crozant in Creuzetal could be described as Guillaumin's chosen home. No other region provided the artist with an equally varied array of colours; described by him as being "cleansed by the cold air flowing down from the mountings". This piece; painted in the first days of May; shows a view of the ruins of the palace at Crozant bathed in the soft light of morning.Art trade; Van Ham.