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| 'Hollow in the Snow' (1869) by Armand Guillaumin; Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
Yesterday I decided not to post a painting of a wintery scene by Karl Friedrich Lessing. But today I found an Impressionist painter, Armand Guillaumin, and this lovely serene painting of a winter landscape. I had never heard of this artist who was born as Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin on February 16, 1841. He was probably one of the lesser-known French Impressionist painters. In 1861, he enrolled in the Académie Suisse where he became acquainted with Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro and developed a lifelong friendship with both of them. Edgar Degas and Claude Monet were not really impressed by his work that was marked by a passion for colour. Guillaumin became friends with Vincent van Gogh and spent some time in The Netherlands. The painting of today is a bit devoid of colour since the white of the snow is the most dominant feature. But I love the subtle use of sunlight in this painting which makes it a very friendly and serene scene. Where is the woman off to, all by herself, I wonder?
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