Hymn to Creation: Holy Spirit of God (1894): Art, History and Details

Hymn to Creation: Holy Spirit of God (1894) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Charles Marie Dulac (French, 1865–1898).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In his portfolio of eight enigmatic color lithographs, Hymn to Creation, Charles Dulac described canals, pools, forests, and storm-tossed trees in a highly personal, visual language. He concentrated on mood rather than on detail, taking the Symbolist liberty of idealizing nature without deforming it. Rather than capturing the fleeting effects of light or weather, as the Impressionists did, Dulac focused instead on momentary emotions. His landscape is a landscape of the mind.

Object facts

• Title: Hymn to Creation: Holy Spirit of God
• Date: 1894
• Creator attribution: Charles Marie Dulac (French, 1865–1898)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: color lithograph on chine collé
• Dimensions: Sheet: 48.9 x 62.7 cm (19 1/4 x 24 11/16 in.); Image: 37.4 x 49.3 cm (14 3/4 x 19 7/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 2014.684

Collection credit

Bequest of John Bonebrake

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