Morton Schamberg

Paris Cafe
1908–1909

A painting depicting a bustling evening scene on a city street with people strolling and gathered around a brightly lit café terrace. The sky is a deep twilight blue, and bare tree branches are silhouetted against it. The café's warm yellow and white lights contrast with the cool tones of the evening, and the figures are rendered in quick, impressionistic brushstrokes.

A painting depicting a bustling evening scene on a city street with people strolling and gathered around a brightly lit café terrace. The sky is a deep twilight blue, and bare tree branches are silhouetted against it. The café's warm yellow and white lights contrast with the cool tones of the evening, and the figures are rendered in quick, impressionistic brushstrokes.

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Date
1908–1909

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on wood

Dimensions
Overall: 14 × 10 1/8in. (35.6 × 25.7 cm)

Accession number
86.5.1

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mrs. Jean Whitehill

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Morton Schamberg
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