Collections: European Art: Nightfall in St. Cloud (Abend im Park)

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Nightfall in St. Cloud (Abend im Park)

Münter quickly built these studies of the Parisian countryside with overlapping wet-on-wet strokes of electric yellow, blue, orange, green, and pink. Although the images are highly abstracted, even illegible in places, short touches deftly suggest tree branches and foliage, long horizontal brushstrokes indicate swaths of sky and parkland, and diagonal strokes mark recessions in space. Münter’s non-naturalistic palette and her embrace of abstraction signal a turn toward Expressionism, a movement that espoused communication of the artist’s inner life through art.


This text refers to these objects: 1992.107.29; 1992.107.30

• Artist: Gabriele Münter, German, 1877-1962
• Medium: Oil on paperboard mounted on pulpboard
• Place Made: France
• Dates: 1906
• Dimensions: 3 15/16 x 6 1/2 in. (10 x 16.5 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower left: "M"
• Collections: European Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Beaux-Arts Court, South, 3rd Floor
• Accession Number: 1992.107.29
• Credit Line: Bequest of William K. Jacobs, Jr.
• Image: Overall, 1992.107.29_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Gabriele Münter (German, 1877-1962). Nightfall in St. Cloud (Abend im Park), 1906. Oil on paperboard mounted on pulpboard, 3 15/16 x 6 1/2 in. (10 x 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of William K. Jacobs, Jr., 1992.107.29 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.107.29_SL1.jpg)