Collection

Freiburg in the Snow

Hugues de Beaumont

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

In this image of a Swiss town blanketed by a heavy snowfall, Beaumont combines a subtle winter palette of whites, grays, and browns with energetic brushwork. He places a black-cloaked figure on a snow-covered track (indicated by gentle modulations in tone), leading the viewer diagonally into the picture and lending a human presence to an otherwise stark scene.

Caption

Hugues de Beaumont (French, 1874–1947). Freiburg in the Snow, ca. 1920. Oil on canvas, 21 1/4 × 25 5/8 in. (54 × 65.1 cm) frame: 27 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (69.2 × 80 × 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Otto H. Kahn through the Committee for the Diffusion of French Art, 21.91. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Freiburg in the Snow

Date

ca. 1920

Geography

Place made: Switzerland

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

21 1/4 × 25 5/8 in. (54 × 65.1 cm) frame: 27 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (69.2 × 80 × 3.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "Hugues de Beaumont"

Credit Line

Gift of Otto H. Kahn through the Committee for the Diffusion of French Art

Accession Number

21.91

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Artists and makers

Hugues de Beaumont

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