Boulevard des Capucines (detail)

Creator

Unknown

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Publisher

Saskia, Ltd., Cultural Documentation

Abstract

To modern eyes, Monet's painting records truthfully the appearance of a crowded street scene viewed from a distance. But at the time of its creation, the Boulevard des Capucines disturbed the conventional notion of a stable, measured environment as represented in traditional 19th-century French painting. Monet's painting and the other pictures exhibited with it--by artists such as Renoir, Sisley, Cezanne and Degas--implied a willful rejection of the officially learned craft of painting taught by the Academy and hallowed within the institutional framework of the Salon system.

Keywords

Kansas City, Missouri, Paris, France- the third-floor studio of the famous photographer Gaspard Nadar, located at the corner of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Rue Danou, Style: French Impressionist, School: Impressionist, Movement: Impresssionism, French, Painting, Painting

Alt Text

A painting depicting a snowy street scene with people and horse-drawn carriages. The artwork uses loose brushstrokes and muted colors to capture the winter atmosphere.

Geographic Location

Kansas City, Missouri; Paris (France)- the third-floor studio of the famous photographer Gaspard Nadar, located at the corner of the Boulevard des Capucines and the Rue Danou

Rights

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Access Restrictions

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Media Type

Paintings; Pictures

Identifier

A01-PFF0197

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Boulevard des Capucines (detail)" (2022). Art and Art History Collection (Saskia). 3125.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/saskia/3125