Summer's Day
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| Artist | Berthe Morisot |
| Year | 1879 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 45.7 cm × 75.2 cm (18.0 in × 29.6 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
Summer's Day (or Jour d'eté) is a painting by the French Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. The painting depicts two women seated in a row boat, and was painted in the Bois de Boulogne.[1]
Morisot employed a rather unusual palette in this painting.[2] She painted the dark blue coat of the woman on the left with cerulean blue which was rarely used by the Impressionists. The green foliage is painted in a mixture of emerald green, viridian, lead white and cadmium yellow. Cadmium yellow was not yet widely used at this time.[3]
Ownership of the painting, part of the disputed Hugh Lane bequest, has been shared since 1959 between the National Gallery, London and the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.[4] The ownership dispute between the National Gallery and the Dublin gallery was due to be resolved in 2019.
On 14 April 1956, the painting was stolen from the Tate Gallery in London by two Irish students, Paul Hogan and Billy Fogarty, while it was on display there, who stole it in order to highlight Ireland's claim to the Hugh Lane Bequest. It was later recovered after being left anonymously at the Irish Embassy.[5][6][7]
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References[]
- ^ Spence, Rachel (1 May 2012). "Berthe Morisot, Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Bomford D, Kirby J, Leighton, J., Roy A. Art in the Making: Impressionism. National Gallery Publications, London, 1990, pp. 176-181.
- ^ Illustrated pigment analysis of B. Morisot , 'A Summer Day', at ColourLex
- ^ "Morisot, Berthe (1841 - 1895)". The Dublin Gallery. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Moroney, Mic (Summer 2008). "Impressions from Hugh Lane". Irish Arts Review. 25 (2).
- ^ Shortall, Eithne (July 14, 2019). "Heist of Hugh Lane painting from Tate gallery framed for big screen". The Times. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Lonergan, Aidan. "How two Irish students stole a priceless masterpiece from London's Tate Gallery – and got away with it". The Irish Post. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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