Stanislas Lepine paintings added to GeoCodedArt

The Seine at la Garenne Saint-Denis

painting by Stanislas Lepine (1835 - 1892). Lepine most often painted scenes in which a waterway leads to a wide horizon; the waterway, whether river or port, is generally populated with people, boats, docks, and bridges.  His views of Paris street scenes emphasize how lives are lived amidst charming surroundings.

Lepine geocoded

Moret-sur-Loing paintings on geocodedArt

The Bridge at Moret, 1893

painting by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899). Some of Sisley's most recognizable works, those around Moret-sur-Loing, came late in his career. They represented a departure in subject matter, while keeping many elements of his long-standing style: most of his images do not include figures, and they do not focus on great landmarks. The departure in Moret comes in pinning down a unique location; the pleasing vistas along the riverbanks that he so frequently painted rarely have identifiable landmarks. From this vantage point of this image, the signature tower at the end of the bridge is hidden, but the bridge itself is the real subject of this work. The repetitive symmetry of its arches might make a visual echo to the sound of the cart wheels across the bridge.


Moret-sur-Loing geocoded

Lhermitte paintings on Geocoded Art

Leaving the Saint-Melaine Church in Morlaix

Painting by Leon Augustin L'hermitte (1844 -1925). L'Hermitte's work focused on daily life and on those who do the work which must be done everyday. Only occasionally was the backdrop recognizable, and here the focus was so great on life at the street level that the artist does not include the great steeple. The return to daily life can wait for these church-goers. Stone for stone this place is today just as the artist saw it, neither has the pace changed.

L'hermitte geocoded

Jean-Francois Rafaelli paintings added to Geocoded Art

Menton

painting by Jean-Francois Raffaelli (1850-1924).  Raffelli's hallmark are architectural lines which are as crisp as the lettering in his signature.  The foreground figures have a slight cartoon aspect to them, but the expert shading and fading of the hillside produces a remarkable 3D realism effect.  The shimmering color of the water and the steady rise to the pinnacle of the Basilica Saint Michel together produce a ffeeling of a warp in the continuum that comes when you know what it was like for a person to stand in this place at that time.
Raffaelli geocoded

Le Sidaner paintings added to GeocodedArt

The little village in morning, Quimperle

Painting by Henri Le Sidaner (1862-1939). Le Sidaner usually painted with a soft focus that looks like he is painting a dream. When in London or Italy he would paint landmark structures in grand perspective but in France he tended to do close up views, with no horizon visible, of the ordinary and yet beautiful. This is a bright. loving view of the smaller of the towns with similar names, in accord with the artist's tendency to shy away from the well-known and obvious landmarks of his home country. Sadly it appears that the trees have given way to the cars which did not exist when the lines of the town were laid out.
Le Sidaner geocoded

Harpignies paintings added to GeocodedArt

Chateau de Clisson
Painting by Henri Harpignies (1819 - 1916). Trees and riverbanks were more often the subject of Harpignies paintings than man-created structures, and the title of his paintings usually did not identify their precise location. Time is softening the edges of this venerable old redoubt, making it appear more like the soft clouds and gentle foliage that will outlast it. The artist's work at this site shows it as isolated, but not abandoned; today it clearly is so, yet with more activity around then than in years gone by. Harpignies geocoded

Paintings of La Rochelle added to GeoCodedArt

La Rochelle Harbour 1762

Painting by Claude Vernet (1714-1789). Vernet is one of the finest of classical scene painters, usually focused on harbors; the subjects were mixed between sites of interest in antiquity, current scenes of his time, and hybrid imaginary scenes of unnamed locations.  In this work Vernet carefully picks a vantage point which includes the great clock tower, the towers that guard the harbor, and the activities of the folks at the water’s edge that are the essence of La Rochelle.  With a grandeur that later painters never attempted once photography came along, the artist captures far more than a single exposure of a camera ever could: the range of light and focal length which allows the adaptive human eye to appreciate the glory of the sunset, the soaring of the shore birds, the details of the activity in the harbor, and the impressive silhouette of the towers keeping watch.

Caillebotte geocoded

Meaux. Effect of Sunlight on the Old Chapterhouse
painting by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894). More than virtually any other painter, Caillebotte distributed his efforts between figure studies, urban scenes, pastorals, interiors, and still life, always finding elegance in the most ordinary of everyday activities. In the shadow (literally) of the great cathedral, the artist captures a more humble but quite noble structure. This rendering, a study of the early morning light, and the inclusion of the sheds, since removed, give the place a more common touch than it has today after renovation.
Caillebotte geocoded