Title:
Notre Dame Cathedral
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
ca. 1931
Identifier:
92.97.118
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
France
Description:
Stretched and framed. View of Notre Dame cathedral from far bank of the Seine River. Red-roofed buildings are visible to either
side of cathedral behind trees in midground. Pont-Neuf bridge spans image in foreground, with a seated figure fishing at bottom
left. Heavy gray sky.
Historical Note:
This piece dates from Sugimoto's early period in France. The influence of Post-Impressionism and Cezanne are apparent and
notable in the expressionistic brushstrokes and abstract qualities of the bridge and water. Sugimoto's interest in architectural
and architectonic structures is also apparent, and there is an interesting use of horizontals in the rendition of the strongly
vertical Gothic structure.
Subject:
Paris, Notre Dame de
Pont-Neuf (Paris, France)
Bridges
France
Seine River
fishing