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Artist galleriesAlexandre Calame's contemporaries

Alexandre Calame's contemporaries

The image shows a dense, forested area with towering trees. The composition leads the eye along a pathway into the distance, without a distinct horizon line. The intricate brushstrokes depict the texture and foliage of the trees, suggesting movement and light filtering through the leaves. The color palette is rich and earthy, with shades of green, brown, yellow, and orange, creating a vibrant yet tranquil atmosphere emphasizing light and shadow.
A work made of oil on paper, laid on canvas.
Painting of centaur with harp, in water, surrounded by mermaids and mermen.
The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten), by Ferdinand Hodler, 1896
Painting of a stately woman seated on a red velvet chair in a blood-red room, a blue-white fireplace to her left. She glances down at the floor with a serene expression toward a tiny blond child—a baby—who sits on the floor tearing up paper, her pink-clad back facing the viewer.
Color pastel drawing of ballerinas in tutus on stage, watched by audience.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

A few works by Alexandre Calame, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

First room, north wall

  1. The image shows a dense, forested area with towering trees. The composition leads the eye along a pathway into the distance, without a distinct horizon line. The intricate brushstrokes depict the texture and foliage of the trees, suggesting movement and light filtering through the leaves. The color palette is rich and earthy, with shades of green, brown, yellow, and orange, creating a vibrant yet tranquil atmosphere emphasizing light and shadow.
    Rays of Sunlight Striking a Woodland PathFriedrich Salathé, c. 1815Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  2. A work made of oil on paper, laid on canvas.
    Staircase in the Park of Villa Chigi di AricciaAlexandre Calame, 1844–1845Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Painting of centaur with harp, in water, surrounded by mermaids and mermen.
    In the SeaArnold Böcklin, 1883Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

First room, south wall

  1. The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten), by Ferdinand Hodler, 1896
    The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)Ferdinand Hodler, 1896Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Painting of a stately woman seated on a red velvet chair in a blood-red room, a blue-white fireplace to her left. She glances down at the floor with a serene expression toward a tiny blond child—a baby—who sits on the floor tearing up paper, her pink-clad back facing the viewer.
    The Red Room, EtretatFélix Vallotton, 1899Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Color pastel drawing of ballerinas in tutus on stage, watched by audience.
    Ballet at the Paris OpéraEdgar Degas, 1877Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Second room, south wall

  1. Young Husband: First Marketing, by Lilly Martin Spencer, 1854
    Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Life-size painting of an urban scene in Paris. A man in a top hat holding an umbrella and a woman in a long fashionable dark dress walk arm in arm toward the viewer as other city dwellers with umbrellas walk in various directions across cobblestone roads and sidewalks.
    Paris Street; Rainy DayGustave Caillebotte, 1877Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago