Alexandre SéonFrench, 1855–1917Study for “In the Woods, Evening”
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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About the work
In this drawing of nymphs holding lyres, Alexandre Séon hoped to depict, in his words, “the spirit of the forest.” He was inspired by fairy-tales he heard as a child about the woods near the remote village where he grew up. By applying colored pencils to a roughly textured sheet of paper, Séon evoked the hazy tones of twilight and gave the sheet a dreamlike tenor.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Accession number
- 2019.77
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- The Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
