Rue de Rennes
Robert Henri, Rue de Rennes, ca. 1896, oil on canvas, Gift of the Richard Marlitt Family, public domain, 2001.63
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- Title
Rue de Rennes
- Artist
- Date
ca. 1896
- Medium
oil on canvas
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 25 3/8 in x 31 9/16 in; frame: 33 1/4 in x 39 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: aH[?]dA, white chalk, verso of frame; left
inscription: 3617-5, white chalk, verso of frame; right
inscription: RUE DE RENNES / ROBERT HENRI 1865-1929, etched, frame; bottom middle
signature: Robert Henri, brushed, lower left
- Collection Area
American Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of the Richard Marlitt Family
- Accession Number
2001.63
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Location
A powerful and passionate artist and teacher, Robert Henri inspired at least two generations of artists. On his second trip to France in the mid-1890s, the dark moody works of Edouard Manet and the artists who had inspired him—Diego Velázquez, Francisco Goya and Frans Hals—profoundly influenced him. Rue de Rennes was completed during this period, a time when Henri reveled in a limited palette of rich and liquid grays, blacks, and vivid reds. The painting's explosive energy exemplifies Henri's immediate and visceral response to the world around him.
