Artwork
The Avenue (L'avenue)
The Avenue (L'avenue) is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Ambroise Vollard. It dates from 1899 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
The Avenue (L'avenue) is a 1899 color lithograph on China paper by Ambroise Vollard.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a wide street scene with pedestrians walking in a line, some carrying umbrellas, set against a backdrop of simplified buildings with flat rooftops and clean lines.
Technique & Style
The image features loose, quick brushstrokes and uneven ink distribution, giving it a sketchy, textured quality. The muted color palette includes pale yellows, greens, and blues, with dark shadows.
Context
Lithography, the technique used to create this print, allows for expressive, textured effects through uneven ink application.
Artist & collection
Et le lia pour mille ans (And bound him a thousand years)
Cover for the Album "Paysages et intérieurs"
Apres cela je vis descendre du ciel un ange qui avait la clef de l'abime, et une grande chaine en sa main (And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand)
Le Gagnant (The Winner)
Interior with Pink Wallpaper I (Interieur aux tentures roses I)
Et un autre ange sortit du temple qui est au ciel, ayant lui aussi une faucille tranchante (And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also having a sharp sickle)
Une femme revêtue du Soleil (A woman clothed with the sun)
Game of Checkers (La partie de dames)
The Tuileries Gardens
The Avenue
Across Country (A travers champs)
Across the Fields
Bridge
The Tuileries Garden (Le jardin des Tuileries)
Street Corner Seen from Above
Interior with Hanging Lamp (Interieur à la suspension)
Street Scene from Above
Farvestudie til Langeliniebilledet
Square Vintimille
The Tuileries Garden (Le jardin des Tuileries)