La Tour de Solidor at St. Severin, Normandy

Carroll Beckwith, La Tour de Solidor at St. Severin, Normandy, ca. 1877, oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution, 1974.69.7
Copied Carroll Beckwith, La Tour de Solidor at St. Severin, Normandy, ca. 1877, oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard, 12 189 78 in. (30.825.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution, 1974.69.7
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Artwork Details

Title
La Tour de Solidor at St. Severin, Normandy
Date
ca. 1877
Dimensions
12 189 78 in. (30.825.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution
Mediums Description
oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Architecture — boat
  • Landscape — France — Normandy
  • Landscape — France — Saint Severin
  • Architecture Exterior — castle — Tour de Solidor
Object Number
1974.69.7

Artwork Description

James Carroll Beckwith made many trips to Europe throughout his life and spent at least one summer in Normandy. The coastal light inspired a series of moody paintings of dramatic ruins set against restless skies. This piece shows a fourteenth-century fortress in the city of Saint-Malo. Beckwith placed the massive structure at the top of the canvas against a dark, stormy sky to emphasize its height and grandeur.