Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey

Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey

Auguste Renoir

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Details

Date
1883
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18 1/8 x 25 3/4 in. (46 x 65.4 cm)
Department
European Paintings
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License
CC0-1.0
Credit
Bequest of Julia W. Emmons, 1956

Art Genome Taxonomy

9 tags

Subject Matter

  • Landscapes Both · 100%

    The catalog lists landscapes as a subject, and the image visibly presents hills, rocky slopes, and dense vegetation across a broad outdoor scene.

  • Waterscapes Both · 96%

    The title identifies the Bay of Moulin Huet, and blue water is visibly present between the surrounding hills.

  • Atmospheric Landscapes Visual · 86%

    The open sky, distant water, and softened transitions among the hills and atmospheric passages make the rendering of air and light a prominent visual quality.

Visual Qualities

  • Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 92%

    The image uses saturated greens and blues alongside warm ochers, yellows, pinks, and russets, producing a notably vivid overall palette.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Metadata · 99%

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting.

  • Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

    The catalog identifies the medium as oil on canvas.

  • The painted surface is built from visibly active, varied strokes across the grasses, hills, rocks, foliage, and sky rather than sharply delineated forms.

Time Periods

Geographic Regions

  • French Art Metadata · 90%

    The artist is identified by the museum as French.

Source & rights

Auguste Renoir. Hills around the Bay of Moulin Huet, Guernsey. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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