Brittany Landscape

H. Bolton Jones, born Baltimore, MD 1848-died New York City 1927 · 1877

In 1876, Hugh Bolton Jones joined the American artists' colony on the north coast of France at Pont-Aven, Brittany. There Jones and the other artists often painted outdoors, attempting to capture the light on the landscape. The Bretons welcomed the artists into their community and frequently posed as models. In this image, Jones used muted colors to evoke the changing light and shadows cast by trees over a field. His detailed brushwork, seen in the cluster of trees framing the woman, draws the viewer's attention to the quiet beauty of this bucolic setting.