Boulevard in Wet Weather, Paris

Gallery 215, American Art, second floor

Main Building

Boulevard in Wet Weather, Paris

1899

Robert Henri (American, 1865–1929)

This painting was made on Robert Henri’s honeymoon, which he spent in Paris with his new wife, Linda Craige, in 1899. The loose and fairly rapid application of pigment deftly evokes a sloshy street scene in the evening rain. Everything is drawn with the brush rather than sketched in beforehand, which adds a sense of immediacy to the work. Although the blurred, dazzling light effects recall the work of the French Impressionists, especially the cityscapes of Camille Pissarro, the murky palette, with strong contrasts of dark and light, are typical of Henri’s moody renderings of the urban scene at night.

Gallery 215, American Art, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Boulevard in Wet Weather, Paris

Date:

1899

Artist:

Robert Henri (American, 1865–1929)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

25 x 32 inches (63.5 x 81.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Meyer P. Potamkin and Vivian O. Potamkin, 2000

Accession Number:

1964-116-6

Geography:

Made in Europe

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Gallery 215, American Art, second floor

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