Art 100 Module 5: Art Analysis

The Trees, Early Afternoon, France by William A. Harper

This painting is titled The Trees, Early Afternoon, France. It is an oil painting done on canvas. It was done by William A. Harper in about 1905. Most of the painting is taken up by two trees and the grass that they are growing in as well as the sky. In the shade of the trees is a person carrying a basket down a road. The seems to be some kind of animal in the forest beside her, or simply a different colored bush. Where the road leads there is a break in the trees, and you can see more light blue sky and most of the clouds in the painting are in this area. In the distance there is perhaps a few buildings, however they are too far away to be sure. The tree closest to the viewer and also the person is branched off at the bottom and its leaves are only at the top of the tree. The trees in the distance behind it are fuller of leaves and cover the area behind the first and second big trees with green. The person wears a blue skirt and a white top. It looks like they are also wearing a brown hat, but that could be their hair. The edges of the canvas are browning with age.

William was training with another artist in France, Henry Ossawa Tanner, when he painted this painting. It is very possible that he was painting something that he actually saw. This kind of painting was very common of Americans during Harper’s time. He was inspired by the Barbizon painters of France as well as the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists (1). The painting is is the Met Museum in Gallery 770 (1).

(1): Met Museum

Bibliography

Metmuseum.org, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/694642?searchField=All&%3BsortBy=Relevance&%3Bwhat=Paintings&%3Bhigh=on&%3Bao=on&%3Bft=%2A&%3Boffset=40&%3Brpp=20&%3Bpos=49.

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