Milcendeau's House at Bois Durand 1915
charlesmilcendeau
minneapolisinstituteofart
drawing
landscape illustration sketch
drawing
toned paper
water colours
possibly oil pastel
coloured pencil
underpainting
france
watercolour bleed
watercolour illustration
mixed medium
watercolor
"Milcendeau's House at Bois Durand" is a 1915 painting by Charles Milcendeau. The piece depicts a tranquil scene of a rural French home with a woman standing in the foreground. The work captures the subtle beauty of the landscape, with bare trees and a soft light hinting at the approaching dusk. This intimate scene highlights the artist's interest in capturing everyday moments in the French countryside. The painting, now housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, provides a glimpse into the artist's personal world and the beauty of rural life in early 20th-century France.
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In 1905, Charles Milcendeau bought a farmstead in the heart of the Vendée marshes, near his hometown of Soullans in western France. Depicted here is his modest house with its distinctive doorway, painted to look like a pointed stone arch. The barn at right contained his studio. The brown leaves and barren trees signal that the workers could be engaged in an early spring cleanup. To make this very personal drawing, Milcendeau combined various media, including ink, watercolor, gouache, crayon, and charcoal. Today the buildings serve as a museum dedicated to the artist’s life and art.
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