France / 1888
Banks of the Oise at Dawn
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Banks of the Oise at Dawn as painting (France · 1888).
Hayet received considerable critical praise for his original idea of developing a Neo-Impressionist color chart that incorporates gray tones.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this painting as Oil on canvas and credits Louis Hayet (French, 1864–1940).
The museum's collection notes: Louis Hayet was an important, early practitioner of Neo-Impressionism, or Pointillism, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of paint so that from a distance the hues visually blend together and create an intense sensation of color and light. Notice the way in which Hayet painted the pale dawn sky—and its reflection in the River Oise—with strokes of pink, orange, blue, yellow, and green paint. When seen at a distance, the effect is of early morning, before the sun has fully risen.
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The Cleveland Museum of ArtBanks of the Oise at DawnOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.