The Valley of Arconville
Theodore Robinson (American, 1852–1896)
c. 1887
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
One of the first American artists to paint in Giverny, France (northwest of Paris), Theodore Robinson drew upon the teachings of the region’s most famous resident, Claude Monet, in his vibrant compositions. Using layered, broken brushwork, Robinson foregrounded the slope of the hill, leading the eye from the figure at right across the Valley of Arconville (southeast of Paris). Capturing the effects of light on the landscape like Monet and other progressive French painters, Robinson nonetheless rendered his forms with a measure of solidity that was more typical of American artists who worked in an Impressionist style.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 45.8 × 55.7 cm (18 × 21 7/8 in.)
Museum record · 4 owners · 15 exhibitions
Provenance
- Arthur A. Carey, Waltham, MA, by 1889.
- M. Knoedler and Co., New York, by 1908.
- Hillyer Art Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1908.
- M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1931; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1941.
Exhibitions
- New York, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, Society of American Artists, Eleventh Exhibition, May 13–June 15, 1889.
- San Francisco, Panama–Pacific International Exposition, Feb. 20–Dec, 1915 as Le Val Arconville: Eure.
- Washington, DC, Museum of Modern Art Gallery, A Century of American Painting, Mar. 1939, as Val Arconville.
- Los Angeles Museum, The Development of Impressionism, Jan. 12–Feb. 28, 1940 as Valley, Arconville.
- Brooklyn Museum, Special Exhibition of Theodore Robinson, Nov. 12–Jan. 5, 1947, ill. ix.
- Indiana, South Bend Art Association, American Painting in the Manner of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries, Feb. 10–Mar. 31, 1948 as The Vale of Arconville.
- Milwaukee–Downer College, A Century of Landscape Painting by American Artists 1851–1951, Feb. 13–Mar. 23, 1951 as Val D’Arcouville. *only checklist on back of symposium brochure, The Arts in Society, Milwaukee–Downer College Feb. 13, 1951.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat..
- New York, American Federation of Arts, Monet and the Giverny Group, Dayton Art Institute, Jan. 6–Feb. 12, 1961 as the Vale of Arconville; Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Mar. 11–Apr. 5; Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona Museum of Art, Apr. 19–May 10; Reno, University of Nevada, Oct. 21–Nov. 11; San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery, Nov. 30–Dec. 23; Atlanta Art Association, Jan. 7–28, 1962.
- Madison, University of Wisconsin, Memorial Union Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Theodore Robinson, 1852–1896, Oct. 29–Nov. 10, 1964, ill. as The Vale of Arconville.
- New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors by Theodore Robinson, Nov. 1–Dec. 15, 1966, cat..
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Theodore Robinson, 1852–1896, May 1–June 10, 1973, ill.; The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, July 12–Aug. 26; Worcester Art Museum, Sept. 19–Oct. 28; Omaha, Neb., Joslyn Art Museum, Nov. 19–Dec. 23; Utica, NY, Musnon–Williams–Proctor Institute, Jan. 20–Feb. 24, 1974.
- Albi, France, Musée Toulouse–Lautrec, Trésors Impressionnistes du Musée de Chicago, June 27–Aug. 31, 1980.
- Baltimore Museum of Art, In Monet's Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny, Oct. 17, 2004–Jan. 9, 2005, cat.; Phoenix Art Museum, Feb. 6–May 8, 2005; Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Atheneum, June 4–Sept. 4, 2005.
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young, Jewel City: Art from San Francisco's Panama–Pacific International Exposition, Oct. 17, 2015–Jan. 10, 2016.
