A Family in the Stone Age (French: Une famille à l'âge de pierre) is a 1892 oil on canvas painting by the Academic artist Emmanuel Benner, now in the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, Alsace (inventory number 88.RP.24).[2][3] The painting was donated to the museum by the artist's family, including his nephew, painter Many Benner.[1]
A Family in the Stone Age | |
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French: Une famille à l'âge de pierre | |
Artist | Emmanuel Benner |
Year | 1892 |
Medium | oil paint on canvas |
Movement | Academic art History painting |
Subject | A scene from Neolithic Europe. |
Dimensions | 110 cm × 147 cm (43 in × 58 in)[1] |
Location | Unterlinden Museum, Colmar |
Accession | 1907 |
The painting was exhibited at the 1892 Salon de Paris, under the titles The Alarm (L'alerte), or The Stone Age (L'âge de pierre).[4] Like Benner's earlier Lakeside Dwelling, it depicts a scene from life in prehistoric times; here the artist shows three generations of a family of cave dwellers facing the threat of a bear.
References
edit- ^ a b "Programmation de la semaine". Musée de Picardie. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Woehl, Annick (7 August 2020). "À Unterlinden, un chantier en cours". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Une famille à l'âge de pierre". Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "L'alerte ; âge de pierre". Base Salons. Retrieved 26 August 2024.