Normandie-Printemps (Normandy-Spring)

Painting

Verostko Center for the Arts

Name/Title

Normandie-Printemps (Normandy-Spring)

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.4

Description

Landscape with houses

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Collection

Cataloged By

Ava Tine

Acquisition

Accession

2022.1

Credit Line

Saint Vincent Art & Heritage Collections; Gift of Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos

Made/Created

Artist

Bardone, Guy

Date made

1956

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

Signed 'Bardone' lower right, signed, titled and dated '56'

Dimensions

Height

18-1/8 in

Width

21-5/8 in

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Marlborough Fine Art Bonhams, London, May 17, 2011, Lot 63

Exhibition

Impressionist Legacies, St. Vincent College

General Notes

Note Type

Artist’s Intent Note

Note

Bardone sojourned from Paris to Normandy in the spring of 1956 after assuming the former Montmartre studio of Post-Impressionist Albert André, where he created this painting. Behind the stables depicted in the foreground, the arrival of spring is heralded by recently-turned soil, flowering trees, and vibrant green pastures. His extensive travels are recorded in works that reveal a recurrent desire to capture landscapes during seasonal shifts. Bardone often melded dense blocks of color into one another, thus giving his canvases a palpable earthiness.

Created By

ava.tine@stvincent.edu

Create Date

February 6, 2026

Updated By

ava.tine@stvincent.edu

Update Date

February 20, 2026