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Re f No. 1594
Erna Hoppe Kinross (1878 – 1964)
Paris Bridge Oil on canvas 24 x 29 inches • 61 x 73.5 centimetres Signed lower right Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom
This nocturne scene by Hoppe Kinross from around 1910 is an early work by the artist. She had married her husband, Theodore Hoppe in 1906. It is clear she is experimenting with contemporary and past painting styles. Partic ularly, one can correlate Hoppe Kinross’s painting with the works of Claude Monet in London, painting the Waterloo or London Bridge. Interestingly, Erna Hoppe Kinross met Monet at Giverny. The occasional yellow highlight of a passing carriage or burning streetlamp breaks up the tendency towards greys and dark blue tones. These tones parallel the hazy moonlight visible from the uppermost part of the canvas. The newly laid banks of the Seine are visible on the right-hand side of the canvas. This painting communicates the sensation of an atmospheric Paris.
For the artist biography, see page 116
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