Henri Edmond CrossFrench, 1856–1910La Colline
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “La Colline” now? Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon. Unknown.
Dijon, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in French
Aquarelle et traits de crayon sur papier
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
Details
- Accession number
- DG 498 ; 57 (DG 1976)
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
- Image: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon — © François Jay - musée des beaux-arts de Dijon; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Henri Edmond Cross
The whole life1903
First trip to Italy
The first of two trips to Italy (the second in 1908); apart from them he left Saint-Clair only for the annual Indépendants exhibitions in Paris. His late works show an Italian influence: a softer style and a less systematic technique.
1904
Meets Henri Matisse
In 1904 he meets Matisse; in the final, productive period of his work he turns to mythological motifs. The late Cross strongly influenced Matisse and other artists and helped shape the principles of Fauvism.
1905
First solo exhibition at the Galerie Druet
The Galerie Druet in Paris shows thirty paintings and thirty watercolors by Cross. The success is complete: the critics praise it, most of the works are sold, and the catalogue preface is written by the Belgian Symbolist poet Emile Verhaeren.
1907
Retrospective at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
Félix Fénéon assembles a Cross retrospective in Paris at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune; Maurice Denis contributes the catalogue preface. His last years bring productive work, acclaim from the critics and commercial success.
1908
Second trip to Italy
He travels to Italy again — the second and last of his two trips beyond Provence, apart from the Paris exhibitions.
1909 – January 1910
Cancer: a Paris hospital and the return to Saint-Clair
In 1909 Cross is treated for cancer in a Paris hospital; in January 1910 he returns to Saint-Clair, where he stays until the end of his life.
