On the River

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Artist: Henri-Edmond Cross (French, 1856–1910)
Date: c. 1900
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: framed: height 1.003 m, width 1.009 m; unframed: height 0.805 m, width 0.77 m
Origin: France, late 19th-early 20th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #382C1F · 25%

Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #6E583C · 14%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #57452D · 12%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #D0BA70 · 10%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #503228 · 8%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #32362B · 7%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #312F24 · 7%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #927F53 · 7%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #643B23 · 5%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #394340 · 3%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3E4247 · 2%

Press Black · Black family · #171613 · 1%

Saffron Fiber · Yellow family · #D4B12B · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #372B2C · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #865D00 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #AFA795 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #98AE94 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CEA091 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz

10 tags

Waterscapes Both · 99%

Water occupies the lower and middle portions of the image, and the title identifies the scene as taking place on a river.
Human Figure Visual · 99%

Multiple human figures are clearly visible in the foreground and middle ground, including a prominent woman and a dark-clad man in a hat.
Figures in Nature Visual · 95%

The figures are situated outdoors within a riverside environment containing water, trees, distant terrain, and built structures.

Dark Colors Visual · 94%

Dark greens, browns, and charcoal-like tones dominate the tree canopy, clothing, boats or structures, and right side of the composition.
Earth Tones Visual · 95%

Brown, ocher, olive, muted red, and mauve tones recur across the figures, buildings, shoreline, and trees.
Dense Composition Visual · 93%

Overlapping foreground figures and boats or riverside forms occupy much of the picture plane, while trees, buildings, poles, hills, and water create layered spatial bands.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting and records its medium as oil on canvas.
Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the medium specifically as oil on canvas.
Large Brushstrokes/Loose Brushwork Visual · 92%

Broad, visibly worked strokes are apparent in the clothing, foliage, water, and illuminated background structures.

French Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the artist as French and gives the place of origin as France.

Henri-Edmond Cross (French, 1856–1910). On the River. Cleveland Museum of Art.