Red Pines
Currently on view
Georges Lacombe (1868 - 1916), 1894-1895
distemper on canvas, 61 cm x 46.2 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)
The rugged coast of Brittany in France was one of Lacombe’s favourite subjects. In Red Pines, three slender pines with vivid red trunks stand out against a bay. Lacombe painted a decorative shoreline using curved lines and flowing forms; everything appears in motion. The pronounced spatial layout and distinct contour lines were inspired by Japanese printmaking.
When Lacombe showed the painting at a major Paris exhibition in 1896, it was praised for its striking use of colour: ‘If one has not seen the blue seascapes, the crimson pines, [...] set against the yellow and green skies of Monsieur Lacombe: [...] one has seen nothing.’
- Object number
- s0549S2021
- Dimensions
- 61 cm x 46.2 cm
- artist
- Georges Lacombe
- Credits
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij)
Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Le Talisman de Paul Sérusier. Une prophétie de la couleur, 29 January-28 April 2019
Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven, Le Talisman de Paul Sérusier. Une prophétie de la couleur, 30 June 2018-6 January 2019
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée départemental Maurice Denis "Le Prieuré", Les univers de Georges Lacombe, 13 November 2012-17 February 2013
Versailles, Musée Lambinet, Les univers de Georges Lacombe
Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven, Georges Lacombe 1868-1916, 27 June-28 September 1998
Paris, Zonder titel, April-May 1895
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Kostenevich, Albert, The Nabis, New York, 2009, p. 26-27
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Ansieau, Joëlle, Georges Lacombe 1868-1916 : catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1998, p. 138
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Pelca, G., Exposition des indépendants, p. 2
Société des Artistes Indépendants : 11me exposition 1895 : catalogue des œuvres exposées, Paris, 1895, p. 57