Robert Vonnoh (1858–1933):
'Grez-sur-Loing'
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Grez-sur-Loing is in the Seine-et-Marne department in
north-central France. It is located 70 km south of Paris and is
notable for the artists and musicians who have lived or stayed there.
The Swedish artist Carl Larsson met his wife Karin Bergöo while
they were both staying at Grez. The English composer Frederick Delius
lived here and dictated a number of works to his amanuensis, Eric Fenby,
here. Others include Swedish artists Karl Nordström, and Bruno Liljefors
as well as writer August Strindberg, the Danish and Norwegian members
of the Skagen Group, and Robert Louis Stevenson.Grez is featured
in many paintings by The Glasgow Boys, where the bridge over the river
is clearly featured. They were resident in the village in the early
years of the 20th century
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The two artists
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'Grez-sur-Loing'
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Grez-sur-Loing is in the Seine-et-Marne department in
north-central France. It is located 70 km south of Paris and is
notable for the artists and musicians who have lived or stayed there.
The Swedish artist Carl Larsson met his wife Karin Bergöo while
they were both staying at Grez. The English composer Frederick Delius
lived here and dictated a number of works to his amanuensis, Eric Fenby,
here. Others include Swedish artists Karl Nordström, and Bruno Liljefors
as well as writer August Strindberg, the Danish and Norwegian members
of the Skagen Group, and Robert Louis Stevenson.Grez is featured
in many paintings by The Glasgow Boys, where the bridge over the river
is clearly featured. They were resident in the village in the early
years of the 20th century
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Peter Severin Krøyer (1851-1909):
'Artists at the Breakfast Table in Grez', 1884
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The two artists
Gaston Bussière (1862–1929):
'Grez-sur-Loing'
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Carl Larsson (1853-1919): Grez-sur-Loing, 1887
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After spending two summers in Barbizon, the refuge
of the plein-air painters, Carl Larsson settled down with his
Swedish painter colleagues in 1882 in Grez-sur-Loing, at a
Scandinavian artists' colony outside Paris. It was there that he
met the artist Karin Bergöö, who soon became his wife. This
was to be a turning point in Larsson's life. In Grez, Larsson
painted some of his most important works, now in
watercolour and very different from the oil painting
technique he had previously employed
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Carl Larsson (1853-1919):
'The Bridge in Grez'
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After spending two summers in Barbizon, the refuge
of the plein-air painters, Carl Larsson settled down with his
Swedish painter colleagues in 1882 in Grez-sur-Loing, at a
Scandinavian artists' colony outside Paris. It was there that he
met the artist Karin Bergöö, who soon became his wife. This
was to be a turning point in Larsson's life. In Grez, Larsson
painted some of his most important works, now in
watercolour and very different from the oil painting
technique he had previously employed
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Willard Metcalf (1858–1925)
'Afternoon by the River at Grez', ca. 1884
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Karl Nordström (1855-1923)
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'Afternoon by the River at Grez', ca. 1884
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Karl Nordström (1855-1923)
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Robert Vonnoh (1858–1933):
'Afternoon Shadows, Grez'
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Arthur Melville (1855–1904):
'Faggot Gatherers, Grez-Sur-Loing'
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Robert Vonnoh (1858–1933):
'Beside the River' (Grez), 1890
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The artist Robert Vonnoh (1858-1933) and his wife
the sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955), ca. 1890
linkthe sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955), ca. 1890
Francis Brooks Chadwick (1850-1943):
'The Bridge at Grez-sur-Loing in the Springtime'
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Robert Vonnoh (1858–1933):
'The Bridge at Grez', 1907-1911
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Charles Warren Eaton (1857-1937):
'Grez-sur-Loing', 1886
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'Grez-sur-Loing', 1886
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Carl Larsson (1853-1919):
'The Bridge in Grez'
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8 comments:
Just beautiful, this series. I love Robert and Bessie! (and Corot. And the Larssons... :)
Franni
If only to stay there and paint (I can dream can't I?)
Yes, what an inspiring place it must have been...and sure still is!
Hola! How beautiful place! And a beautiful beautifuul selection Mette, I'd like to get in all the paintings and take a walk. Greetings my friend!
Of course, I find it very interesting. ;-)
Dear friends! Thanks for your comments! I would like to go to France and see it also...and it would also be funny to go back in time... ;O)
I lived in Grez as a child,I was much too young to appreciate it's cultural associations, but I do still retain happy memories of living at 77 Rue Wilson between the years 1959 and 1962. The bridge at that time had a timber section as the original stone bridge had been blown up by the retreating German army in 1944.
Hi That Bara Brith Experience! Thank you so much for sharing! I looks like such a fantastic place! The bridge seems to have had a special place in the hearts of the artist...oh, so many bad things happens when it is war-time!
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