Autumn Landscape
Artist
Othon Friesz
(French, 1879-1949)
CultureFrench
Date1907
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall, Support: 41 1/2 x 45 3/4 in. (105.4 x 116.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 x 46 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (106.7 x 118.1 x 4.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 x 46 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (106.7 x 118.1 x 4.4 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated lower right.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.647
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 219
Label TextOthon Friesz French, 1879–1949 Autumn Landscape, 1907 Oil on canvas This painting depicts the Normandy countryside, but its focus is the dazzling effect of saturated colors. Othon Friesz created his landscape under the influence of a group of painters, including Georges Braque and Henri Matisse, who were dubbed by critics Les Fauves, or “the wild beasts.” These artists embraced a shockingly bright palette and used pure color for its expressive and decorative potential with little regard for traditional realism. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.647 ProvenanceMme. Bonneyrat, Paris; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"French Landscape Painters from Four Centuries," Finch College Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 20, 1965 - Jan. 9, 1966. (Exhib. cat. no. 56). "Emile-Othon Friez (1879-1949): Un fauve baroque," La Piscine Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France, February 17 - May 20, 2007; Musée d'Art Moderne, Céret, France, June 16 - September 30, 2007; Musée Malraux, Le Havre, France, October 10, 2007 - January 27, 2008. Published ReferencesExhibit catalogue. _Loan Exhibition of French Landscape Painters from Four Centuries_. New York: Finch College Museum of Art. 1965. No. 56. Eric M. Zafran. "New Galleries devoted to French Art," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 12/1976: Marcel Giry. _Fauvism: Origins and Development_. New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection. 1982: 237. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum. 1991, 170, #128. Christena F. Martin, "Autumn Landscape (1907)/Othon Friesz(1879-1949)." _Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association_. Vol. NS37, No. 5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 608. David Butcher, _Emile-Othon Friez (1879-1949): Un fauve baroque_, exh. cat., La Piscine Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, France, 2007, p. 136 plate 41. ISBN: 978-2-07-011876-2
