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"Cabin by the Lake at Dusk" Midcentury Modern Landscape Oil Painting
$450
£340.15
€390.16
CA$627.32
A$682.89
CHF 362.48
MX$8,216.60
NOK 4,593.08
SEK 4,208.55
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About the Item
“The important thing is not to find, but to seek ». These words by André Gide are deeply echoed in this midcentury oil painting, which offers no answers, but invites us on a quest: that of time, light, and the fleeting imprint of the human in nature.
The eye wanders into an inhabited silence, a landscape where everything seems suspended, as if the slightest breath risks shattering the fragile balance and dissipating the enchantment. In the center, the lake stretches out, a still, reflective surface, a mirror where the sky deposits its reflections. This water is not just an element: it becomes memory, retaining the light of a fading day, a golden glow slipping between the banks like a whispering secret.
To the right, massive trees stand, guardians of a timeless place. Their dense, textured foliage of deep greens and brighter yellows envelops a modest cabin. Lost in the shadows, it seems timeless: the shelter of a passing traveler, or the trace of a presence now extinguished? A boat rests at its feet, as if awaiting a departure that may never come.
The light, an essential element of the work, doesn't dazzle: it grazes. It doesn't pierce the sky, but caresses it, playing with shades of ochre, grey and blue. The horizon fades into a misty softness, as if the world were dissolving between dawn and dusk.
This oil on canvas is part of a pictorial tradition in which the human figure is a discreet presence, suggested rather than shown. It evokes a relationship with the landscapes of the Barbizon school, and even more so with Corot, in its ability to capture an intimate, lived-in nature, shaped by memory and the gaze. Here, something resists: a more enigmatic depth, a refusal to give everything away.
- Dimensions:Height: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)Width: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Pasadena, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU825843158782
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