Small Table in Evening Dusk by Henri Le Sidaner - 1921 - 81.1 x 100 cm Ohara Museum of Art Small Table in Evening Dusk by Henri Le Sidaner - 1921 - 81.1 x 100 cm Ohara Museum of Art

Small Table in Evening Dusk

Oil on canvas • 81.1 x 100 cm
  • Henri Le Sidaner - 7 August 1862 - 14 July 1939 Henri Le Sidaner 1921

Henri Le Sidaner was a French artist born in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. He went to Paris to study art and, beginning in 1887, he started to send his paintings to the Salon regularly. He employed the Pointillism of Neo-Impressionism, for which Georges Seurat is very well known, to paint many landscapes, indoor scenes, and still-life paintings. He avoided using primary colors, instead using subdued colors. His paintings are filled with a tranquility woven with pathos.

This Small Table in Evening Dusk depicts a scene in the evening in a town facing the canal. This reminds us of Bruges (Belgium), which left a very strong impression on Le Sidaner. The table in the foreground with the dishes left behind and the light-lit window in the background produce an implicit atmosphere.

Beautiful, isn't it?