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Post-Impressionist landscape: a figure at a cottage window overlooks dark trees, a church spire, patchwork fields, sheep and yellow autumn foliage.

Landscape: Window Overlooking the Woods

A figure leans from a window of a white cottage at left, looking over a valley of tall dark trees, a distant church spire, and patchwork fields in muted greens and ochres. Flat, mosaic-like brushwork and a bordered composition give the oil painting a decorative quality, with sheep in the foreground and yellow autumn foliage on the right.

Artist
Édouard Jean Vuillard
Date
1899
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1081 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, L.L. and A.S. Coburn Fund, Martha E. Leverone, Charles Norton Owen funds, and purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor

Español: Paisaje: ventana con vista al bosque

Una figura se asoma por la ventana de una casa blanca a la izquierda, mirando un valle de altos árboles oscuros, una espadaña lejana y campos en forma de mosaico en verdes apagados y ocres. Las pinceladas planas, casi de mosaico, y el encuadre decorativo dan al óleo una calidad ornamental, con ovejas en primer plano y follaje amarillo otoñal a la derecha.

Português: Paisagem: janela com vista para o bosque

Uma figura debruça-se da janela de uma casa branca à esquerda, observando um vale de árvores altas e escuras, um campanário distante e campos em padrão de mosaico em verdes suaves e ocres. As pinceladas chapadas, quase de mosaico, e a composição emoldurada dão à pintura a óleo um caráter decorativo, com ovelhas em primeiro plano e folhagem amarela de outono à direita.