Le chemin à la campagne en Bretagne
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A country road curves through a Breton landscape — dark olive and brown trees mass at center, with patches of blue sky and pale yellow light visible through the gaps. The road is painted in cream and pale green against the warm tan of the paper, which serves as the middle tone for the entire composition. The handling is fast and loose, with broad strokes of olive, gray-blue, and ochre laid over the exposed ground. Vuillard is primarily a painter of Parisian interiors, but he made landscape studies throughout his life during summers spent in the country with patrons and friends.