START WITH ART: Le Pont Neuf
Welcome/welcome back! We're starting our day by examining the painting pictured below. Take a look at the artwork then read the questions to the students/children in your life and see how starting your day with art can ignite creativity and critical thinking!
Title: Le Pont Neuf
Artist: Hippolyte Petitjean
Date: 1912–14
Medium: Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper, upper edge torn from notebook
Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm
Start with Art Questions:
- What do you notice about the bridge in Hippolyte Petitjean's painting "Le Pont Neuf"? How did the artist create the image of the bridge, trees, and water?
- If you were standing on the bridge in the painting, what do you think you would see on the river and on the banks?
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