Factories at Clichy, "Vincent van Gogh has represented an expanse of factories bellowing smoke into the air in the gritty, industrial suburb of Clichy to the northwest of Paris. The scene is divided into three horizontal bands of fields, factories, and sky, while in the middle distance, two tiny figures (perhaps lovers) are visible in the field. Van Gogh’s ordered system of repetitive brushwork reflects his awareness of the recent 'pointillist' experiments of Seurat."

-Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. Saint Louis Art Museum: Search the Collection. The Saint Louis Art Museum. Web. , c.1887

 Item — Box: 275
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s38-i1085

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Factories at Clichy, "Vincent van Gogh has represented an expanse of factories bellowing smoke into the air in the gritty, industrial suburb of Clichy to the northwest of Paris. The scene is divided into three horizontal bands of fields, factories, and sky, while in the middle distance, two tiny figures (perhaps lovers) are visible in the field. Van Gogh’s ordered system of repetitive brushwork reflects his awareness of the recent 'pointillist' experiments of Seurat." -Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis. Saint Louis Art Museum: Search the Collection. The Saint Louis Art Museum. Web. /slam.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search@/0/title-asc?t:state:flow=746e50c4-aee0-454a-a9e3-04642ac97bed>

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Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0984; Public Notes: Handwritten notes on the back of this catalog clipping indicate that the work was sold at Sotheby's on June 26, 1958.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1887

Creator

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Biographical / Historical

Subjects: factories; landscapes; Clichy; cityscapes; School: French; Style period: Post-Impressionism; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: book clipping ; Image height (in.): 4.1; Image width (in.): 5.5in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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