On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P07556
- Author
- Haes, Carlos de (Spanish)
- Title
- The Lane
- Chronology
- 1871
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 93,7 cm x 60,4 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- MUSEO ARTE MODERNO
- Procedence
- Museum of Modern Art
These are instantaneous sketches
taken directly from nature, here on
the coast, in the French
countryside, and in the mountains
of Picos de Europa.
Haes was a moving force in the
transformation of landscape
painting, bringing a completely new
concept of the interpretation of
Nature, with a realism that was
sensitive to all elements.
In all his landscapes, Haes very
exactly captures the physical
aspects of each of the elements he
depicts. In some, energetic,
impasto brushstrokes are used to
reproduce the rough character of
the rocks, while the clouds are
rendered with more diluted paint.
Thus, Haes builds the landscapes
with paint itself. The cold and
humid atmospheres are captures with
very subtle coats of paint that
envelope and hid the mountains.
This technique of subtle and
transparent brushstrokes is also
used with other darker tonalities
to show urban pollution.
In his studio in Madrid, this
extraordinarily well-trained
painter accumulated a huge number
of small sketches made over the
course of his trips through the
geography of Europe. When he died,
his collection was kept by his
disciples, who donated it to the
Museum of Modern Art in 1889.
