Repoussoir
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In two-dimensional works of art, such as
Impressionists such as Gustave Caillebotte.[1]
- Examples of repoussoir
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Jacob Isaaksz. van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery (1655–60, oil on canvas, 141 x 182.9 cm). The tree in the right-foreground of Ruisdael's painting is an example of repoussoir that pushes the viewer's eye into the composition. -
The Four Philosophers (c. 1615. Oil on panel; 167 x 143 cm,Pitti Palace, Florence). In his friendship portrait of himself, his brother Philip Rubens, Justus Lipsius and Jan van den Wouwer (left to right), the painter Rubens's self-portraiton the left is an example of a figural repoussoir that is further accentuated by the flowing red curtain. -
Gustave Caillebotte. Paris Street; Rainy Day (1877, Art Institute of Chicago). The rear-facing man on the right with the tilted umbrella is an example of repoussoir figure leading the viewer's gaze into the composition. -
![Georges Seurat, Gray Weather, Grande Jatte (1888, 71 × 66 cm, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art). In a similar manner to the van Ruisdael piece, the tree that takes up the entire right edge of this work is an example of repoussoir.[2]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Gray_Weather%2C_Grand_Jatte_%281888%29_-_Georges_Seurat_%28Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art%29.jpg/384px-Gray_Weather%2C_Grand_Jatte_%281888%29_-_Georges_Seurat_%28Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art%29.jpg)
Georges Seurat, Gray Weather, Grande Jatte (1888, 71 × 66 cm, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art). In a similar manner to the van Ruisdael piece, the tree that takes up the entire right edge of this work is an example of repoussoir.[2]
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![Georges Seurat, Gray Weather, Grande Jatte (1888, 71 × 66 cm, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art). In a similar manner to the van Ruisdael piece, the tree that takes up the entire right edge of this work is an example of repoussoir.[2]](/File:Gray_Weather,_Grand_Jatte_(1888)_-_Georges_Seurat_(Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art).jpg)
References
- S2CID 195030759.
He fulfils the function of a 'repoussoir',and by leading the imagination into a distant land,effectively offsets the shock of seeing the hero die in a modern uniform.
- ISBN 978-0-300-20835-1.
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