"View at La Fert-Saint-Aubin, near Orleans "

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This paper provides a brief examination of the oil canvas named "View at La Fert-Saint-Aubin, near Orleans", painted by Troyon in 1837. It describes the scene set in the painting, the materials used and the painting's composition. It also discusses what the artist was trying to portray and which emotions he wished to stir in the viewer.

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"The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's View at La Fert-Saint-Aubin, near Orleans (c. 1837) is a very large oil on canvas (129.0 x 192.0 cm) by the French painter Constant Troyon (1810-65). The painter depicted a quiet rural scene that features a great deal of human activity. The people in the picture are, however, shown on a very small scale and the principal impression produced by the work is of the beauty of the towering trees and a sky studded with drifting clouds. The museum's explanatory placard asserts that Troyon's "choice of the subject is incidental, his goal being rather to extol the simple beauty of the site." Yet, as the explanation continues, the composition is also "invested with a majestic grandeur" and the choice of how to portray the "simple beauty of the site" is more complex than it might seem from this description."

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