Greenwich Avenue, New York

Artist Louis Bouché (American, 1896–1969)

Datefirst half of the 20th century

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensionscanvas: 61.3 x 50.8 cm (24 1/8 x 20 in.)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1946.8

Label TextSon of a French-born architect and decorator, and the grandson of a French Barbizon painter, Louis Bouché was deeply immersed in French art. He lived from 1909 to 1915 in Paris, where he received most of his art training. From 1921 to 1926 he managed Wanamaker's Belmaison Galleries in New York, the first modern art gallery in a department store, and he exhibited work by a variety of American contemporaries and by European modernists. In 1936 he began painting murals, and he taught at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design, and the New York School of Interior Decoration. Bouché's adaptation of loose, impressionistic brushwork and his preference for uncomplicated subject matter reflect his early Paris training. Given his knowledge and support of avant-garde art, Bouché documented and celebrated the people and sights of the city in a surprisingly traditional style in Greenwich Avenue. He conveyed both a feeling of place and a particular moment in time by depicting such details as street posts, lights, and billboards; by freezing the figure and cars in implied motion; and by conveying a soft, late afternoon light. ProvenanceKraushaar Art Galleries, New York NY

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