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.
