In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
River Bend is the earliest painting by Cézanne in the Barnes collection. Dating from about 1865, this landscape demonstrates the young painter's command of the artform. The canvas is one of a group of about ten modestly sized landscapes that are filled with dynamic brushwork and color contrasts. Individual elements such as the sky, trees, rocks, and water are simplified and commingle in a tumult of thickly applied paint—even the small figure with the red cap appears to be subsumed into the foliage. As a result, River Bend is less a record of a specific place and more a study in color, texture, and rhythm.
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John Constable — Flatford Mill from the Lock
George Hendrik Breitner — Farmstead
Paul Cezanne — Banks of the Seine at Médan
Vincent van Gogh — Landscape with Windblown Trees
George Hendrik Breitner — Meadow Landscape
Claude Monet — The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil
Vincent van Gogh — Ravine with a Small Stream
Jacob Maris — Houten brug over een vaart bij Rijswijk
Willem Roelofs (I) — De brug over de IJssel bij Doesburg
George Hendrik Breitner — The Leidsegracht, Amsterdam
Vincent van Gogh — Mountains at Saint-Rémy
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Landscape
