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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Olive Trees of the Riviera

Olive Trees of the Riviera

c. 1875
Location: not on view

Description

Like Otto Bacher and Joseph Pennell (both also in thisexhibition), Colman was an avid traveler and madeextensive European tours in 1860 and 1871. He recordedhis peripatetic life in etchings, watercolors, and paintings.In this landscape and architectural vignette of southern France, Colman described an overgrown aqueduct amongst gnarled olive trees. Two figures gaze toward thepicturesque vision of a sailboat on the sunlit Riviera.
  • Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
  • {{cite web|title=Olive Trees of the Riviera|url=false|author=Samuel Colman|year=c. 1875|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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