Brume matinale; a.k.a. Loguivy, matin de brume (Morning mist, Loguivy)

Henri Riviere

After the watercolor "Loguivy" which Riviere did in 1902, and which is now in the collection of the National Library of France. In 1903 the editor of the popular art magazine The Studio magazine, art critic Charles Holme, published an eight-part collection of chapbooks discussing different types of mediums and genres in Representative Art of Our Time, Parts I - VIII. Reproduced images of paintings, prints, and drawings by leading artists were published in the books, including "Brume matinale" in Part V.

Loguivy, the title of the original watercolor, likely refers to Loguivy-Plougras, a commune in the Cotes-d'Armor region of Brittany, northwestern France. In this image Riviere depicts a misty pastoral scene, a hillside meadow softly illuminated by early morning light, as two cows graze and a leggy stand of sylvester pines sprouts from between two well-worn trails.