Title: Morning Ride on the Beach

Artist: Anthonij Rudolf Mauve (Anton Mauve), Dutch.

Year: 1876

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Style: Realism

Notes & Analysis of the Artwork

Highlighted in realist fashion, humanism, and atmosphere.

Painted in an impressionistic style.

Dazzling variation of light.

• Spreads across the canvas
• Suggest and conveys motion and dynamism (type of vibrance/spirit).

Mauve was a member of the Hauge School,

• Known for its harsh portrayal of the existence of fishermen
• Mauve flipped the script and wanted to show another side of the seashore.
  • Highlights the depiction of the group of bourgeois riding along the beach.
    • Brings in social and class issues during the late 1800s.

Known for painting animals in their natural environment.

• Horses were a bit unusual.
• Restoration in 1991 revealed horse droppings in the scene.
• Commitment to realism.

Highlighted colors scheme of blue, yellow, and blonde.

Effective in creating the seaside atmosphere.

The Creams delivers the upper-class euphemism of the bourgeois.

• add to the realness of the landscape.
• adds a stylish and calm personality to the painting.
• White horse vs. darker horses foretells of story.

The Blacks add to the sophistication and class of the bourgeoise.

• They are the only thing in such a deep color.
• Displays elegance, authority, and wealth.
• Becomes a focal point to view the rest of the image.

The Blues showcases naturalism and maintains balance.

• Balances out the darkness of the blacks, the light of the creams.
• Adds to the sense of naturalism.
• Presents a calming and cool presence.