The River Isole (Quimperlé) - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

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The River Isole (Quimperlé)

Beruete, Aureliano de

Madrid, 27/09/1845-Madrid, 05/01/1912

Oil on canvas

50 x 38 cm

A de Beruete (bottom left hand corner)

1901

Early 20th century

04/1

Donated by Victorio Urresti in 2004

In August 1901 Beruete settled in Quimperlé, a town located in a valley by the coast of Brittany. From a small bridge known as Pont Salé he painted from life this view of the river Isole as it flows through the city, a spot that has barely changed since then. As a fine plein air painter, Beruete was especially interested in light; in this view he captures a bright day on which the sun falls on the wall of a house situated in the background of the composition, one of the brightest parts of the painting. He achieves beautiful contrasts between the areas of light and shade using a direct technique of smooth brushstrokes, limiting his impastos and applying light touches to the brightest points. Beruete renders the beauty of the place by means of a transitional technique between his sober, elegant and well-balanced style and an incipient Impressionism, which didn't interest him at first but which he would adopt in his late works. [Ana Sánchez-Lassa]

Selected bibliography

Aureliano de Beruete, 1845-1912 [Cat. exp.]. Madrid, Obra social de la Caja de Pensiones, 1983. p. 105.
Marin Valdés, Fernando Arturo. "Aureliano de Beruete : cartas a Joaquín Sorolla", Liño : revista anual de historia del arte, n° 5. 1985. pp. 30-31.
Colección Urresti = Urresti Bilduma [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2006. p. 14.
De Goya a Gauguin : el siglo XIX en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao [Cat. exp.]. Salamanca, Caja Duero, 2006. pp. 166-167, n° cat. 39. (Con el título El río Isole (Qumperlé))
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao : guía. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2006. pp. 112-113.
Musée des Beaux Arts de Bilbao : guide. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2006. pp. 112-113.
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum : guide. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2006. pp. 112-113.
De Goya a Gauguin : el siglo XIX en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao [Cat. exp.]. Valencia, Caja Duero, 2006. pp. 166-167, n° cat. 39. (Con el título El río Isole (Qumperlé))
De Goya a Gauguin : el siglo XIX en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao [Cat. exp.]. Salamanca, Caja Duero, 2007. pp. 166-1679, n° cat. 39. (Con el título El río Isole (Quimperlé))
De Goya a Gauguin : el siglo XIX en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2008. pp. 327-329, n° cat. 63. (Con el título El río Isole. (Quimperlé))
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao : guía. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2011. pp. 112-113, n° cat. 78a.
Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa : gida. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2012. pp. 112-113, n° cat. 78a.
Musée des Beaux Arts de Bilbao : guide. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2014. pp. 112-113.
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum : guide. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2014. pp. 112-113.
El Modernismo : de Sorolla à Picasso, 1880-1918 [Cat. exp.]. Laussane, Fondation de l'Hermitage, 2011. pp. 28, 152-153, n° cat. 7.
Beruete, Regoyos y el paisaje de principios del siglo XX en las colecciones de los ingenieros José Entrecanales y Santiago Corral. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2020. pp. 36-37, il.