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Sketch for The Seaside Resort of Trouville, c. 1880

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on cardboard
26.6×40.7 cm

Artists

  • Otto von Thoren

    (Vienna 1828–1889 Paris)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
This sketch was created by Otto von Thoren (1828–1889) as part of a series of works about the The Seaside Resort of Trouville on the Norman coast. The artist found his favorite subjects not in architecture or on the beach promenade of the famous French seaside resort of the Belle Époque, but on the beach itself. Numerous women, dressed in 19th-century swimwear, are enjoying themselves in the sea, conveying the impression of a carefree summertime bathing holiday. Probably under the influence of the French painting of the period, von Thoren had turned to an impressionistic style. With freewheeling brushwork and in coloristic style, he sketched out the sea and the bathers. This is particularly evident in the light blue and green brushstrokes he uses to suggest the waves.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Otto von Thoren
Title
Sketch for The Seaside Resort of Trouville
Date
c. 1880
Art movement
Impressionism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
26.6×40.7 cm
Signature
Signed lower right: O. d. Thoren
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 262
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994)

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