Artwork
marina vicino marsiglia (villaggio fantastico)
marina vicino marsiglia (villaggio fantastico) is an unspecified painting by the French Romanticist artist Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli. It dates from 1865 and is held in the collection of the São Paulo Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
Marina vicino Marsiglia (Villaggio fantastico), painted circa 1865 by French Romantic painter Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, is a coastal landscape held in the São Paulo Museum of Art's collection.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a fantastical village near Marseille, with a foreground of water, a shoreline row of white, yellow, and red buildings (some with red roofs), and a reflective, colored sky.
Technique & Style
Monticelli's expressive use of color and light is evident in the thick, visible brushstrokes and textured, three-dimensional quality, capturing light's play on water and architecture.
History & Provenance
Created around 1865, just before the Impressionist movement, the work is now part of the São Paulo Museum of Art's collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (October 14, 1824 – June 29, 1886) was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists.
