The Seine

The Seine

Harry Leslie Hoffman
1904
10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches
Oil on canvasboard
Signed and dated lower right: “H.L. Hoffman ’04”; estate stamp verso

DESCRIPTION
Harry Hoffman’s career was founded in impressionism, first at the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and in his studies and travels in France. Moret sur Loing and The Seine display Hoffman’s skill as a draftsman and his talent for conveying the feeling of a place using soft effects of light.