Landscape

Maker Max Weber (American, 1881 - 1961)

Collections

American Paintings Selections

ClassificationsPAINTINGS

Date1906

Mediumoil on board

Dimensionsboard: 7 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (20 × 25.1 cm.) frame: 11 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 1 in. (29.2 × 34.3 × 2.5 cm.)

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Donald M. Treiman in memory of his mother, Joyce Treiman

Status

Not on view

Label TextBetween 1905 and 1909, Max Weber lived in Paris, where he became part of the social circle around American expatriates Gertrude and Leo Stein that included Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Weber painted this small river landscape during his stay in France. The work reflects his exposure to and assimilation of European Modernism. He was greatly affected by the work of Matisse, Picasso, and, particularly, Paul Cézanne, whose influence can be seen in the choice of colors, the sparse architectural shapes, and the horizontal layering of the landscape elements in this work.
Although landscapes were not among Weber's most prevalent subjects, they did figure in his work throughout his career, often serving as reflections of mood or of aspects of his personal life. As studies of light and atmosphere or as records of his surroundings, landscapes are among the artist's earliest documented paintings.

Object number2000.9