Effets de soir

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title: "Effets de soir" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["history-of-art", "paintings-by-vincent-van-gogh", "french-words-and-phrases", "composition-in-visual-art", "light", "evening", "impressionism", "atmospheric-optical-phenomena"] description: "Type of light effects that have appeared in artworks" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effets_de_soir" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Type of light effects that have appeared in artworks ::

Effets de soir (also called effets de soir et de matin) Armand Guillaumin, and Camille Corot. Literally, it means "effects of evening" in French.

This was part of a group of techniques used by Impressionists such as impasto, en plein air, color theory, and thick strokes of oil paint on canvas.

In 2008, the Museum of Modern Art curated a major exhibit of van Gogh's work of effets de soir.{{Citation | last =Trachtman | first =Paul | publication-date =January 2009 | title =Night Visions | periodical =Smithsonian | volume =39 | issue =10 | pages =69–73 | url = The exhibit included such iconic paintings as The Potato Eaters, The Sower (Van Gogh), Starry Night Over the Rhone**The Starry Night, and The Night Cafe.

Gallery of images

All of the following are by Vincent van Gogh, unless otherwise noted: Image:The Potato Eaters - Vincent van Gogh - .jpg|Study for The Potato Eaters Image:Starry Night Over the Rhone.jpg|Starry Night Over the Rhone Image:VanGogh-starry night ballance1.jpg|The Starry Night Image:Vincent Willem van Gogh 076.jpg|The Night Cafe Image:Guillaumin SoleilCouchantAIvry.jpg|Armand Guillaumin, (1841-1927), Sunset at Ivry (Soleil couchant à Ivry)

References

References

1. are the effects of light caused by the [[sunset]], [[twilight]], or darkness of the early [[evening]] or [[matins]]. They appear frequently in works by such [[painting
2. [http://www.impressionniste.net/guillaumin_armand.htm A biography of Armand Guillaumin]
3. [https://www.cosmovisions.com/Corot.htm Cosmovisions website on Corot] (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2008.
4. [https://agora.qc.ca/reftext.nsf/Documents/Jean-Baptiste_Camille_Corot--Article_Corot_de_la_Grande_Encyclopedie_1885-1902_par_Victor_Champier Agora Quebec website] (in French). Retrieved October 16, 2008.
5. [http://moma.org/press/images/press/Van_Gogh/Van_Gogh_Release.pdf MoMA press release] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-09-29 . Retrieved October 16, 2008.)
6. "MoMA Presents First Exhibition to Examine Van Gogh's Nocturnal Landscapes and Interiors", ''[[Art Daily]]'', see [http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_new=26208&int_sec=2 Art Daily website]. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
7. "The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents 'Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night'," [http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Van_Gogh_and_the_Colors_of_the_Night.html Art Knowledge News website]. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
8. Will Hubbard, "In Which The Nighttime Is The Right Time For Brushwork," September 23, 2008, found at [http://thisrecording.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/in-which-the-nighttime-is-the-right-time-for-brushwork/ Wordpress website]. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
9. [https://webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/20/595.htm WebExhibits page 595]

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