1881
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See also : Manet Vétheuil to Giverny Caillebotte Man and woman
See also : Manet Vétheuil to Giverny Caillebotte Man and woman
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1880-1881 Le Déjeuner des Canotiers by Renoir
Phillips collection
From the mid 1870s, Renoir brings a high care to the execution of his paintings, including his masterpiece Le Déjeuner des Canotiers in 1880-1881. In the faces, a realistic delineation supersedes the impressionist strokes, still applied in the surroundings.
The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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MANET
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1881 Le Printemps
2014 SOLD for $ 65M by Christie's
The art of Edouard Manet was based on the great masters of the past but his wish to express life and mores of his time generated a lasting misunderstanding. All along two decades, he was rejected in the Salons that were the arbiters of the French official good taste.
Everything begins to change in 1881. His old friend Antonin Proust, close to Gambetta, suggests Manet to produce a series of allegorical paintings on the theme of the four seasons. Manet soaks carefully and slowly within this project.
The first paintings, Spring (Le Printemps) and Autumn, are made within that year. In the following year, studies of amazones show how Manet wanted to express Summer, but he died in 1883 without having worked on Winter. In 1882, Le Printemps and Un Bar aux Folies-Bergères finally provide Manet with a triumph in the Salon.
Spring is a time for renewal, hope and flowers. Manet was inspired by the ideal of the flower-woman played by the very young actress Jeanne Demarsy nicely dressed in flowery clothes in an environment of rhododendrons. Jeanne is seen in profile in the style of the Renaissance but proudly expresses the autonomy of the new woman.
Le Printemps, oil on canvas 74 x 52 cm, was sold for $ 65M from a lower estimate of $ 25M on November 5, 2014 by Christie's, lot 16. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Everything begins to change in 1881. His old friend Antonin Proust, close to Gambetta, suggests Manet to produce a series of allegorical paintings on the theme of the four seasons. Manet soaks carefully and slowly within this project.
The first paintings, Spring (Le Printemps) and Autumn, are made within that year. In the following year, studies of amazones show how Manet wanted to express Summer, but he died in 1883 without having worked on Winter. In 1882, Le Printemps and Un Bar aux Folies-Bergères finally provide Manet with a triumph in the Salon.
Spring is a time for renewal, hope and flowers. Manet was inspired by the ideal of the flower-woman played by the very young actress Jeanne Demarsy nicely dressed in flowery clothes in an environment of rhododendrons. Jeanne is seen in profile in the style of the Renaissance but proudly expresses the autonomy of the new woman.
Le Printemps, oil on canvas 74 x 52 cm, was sold for $ 65M from a lower estimate of $ 25M on November 5, 2014 by Christie's, lot 16. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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1881 Le Bar aux Folies Bergère, 1st version
2015 SOLD for £ 17M by Sotheby's
Edouard Manet is one of the great experimenters of art in the nineteenth century. In early 1880, his health is deteriorating, generating infirmities in the limbs. This difficulty seems to accelerate his creativity, as if he felt that he had little remaining time to prove that he is one of the top artists.
The inspiration of Manet is modernist, which is clearly visible in the series of Seasons that he will not complete and where he is adapting the classic portraiture to display a modern young woman.
On June 24, 2015, Sotheby's sold for £ 17M Le bar aux Folies-Bergère, oil on canvas 47 x 56 cm painted in 1881, lot 8. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
The barmaid is positioned before a vast space which is a reflection in a wall mirror, including her own reflection. The exact position of the glass is hardly noticeable. In the background, colors in dots figure a crowd at a show, anticipating altogether Lautrec and abstract art.
This scene that desires to be a counterpart to Las Meninas by Velazquez is troubling in its angles. It was painted in the studio. The man on the right who is visible only in his reflection is the door neighbor. The consistency of his position is explained when we accept to exclude the logical assumption that it he placed just in front of the woman.
Manet wants to create a masterpiece and appreciates that this theme allows it. Painted a few months later, the second and final version 96 x 130 cm marks a come back to a scene in realistic line with a towering girl whose actual model is an employee of the Folies-Bergère, a crowd whose details are visible and some additions like the increased assortment of drinks on the bar and the legs of the trapeze artist that anticipate Chagall.
The inspiration of Manet is modernist, which is clearly visible in the series of Seasons that he will not complete and where he is adapting the classic portraiture to display a modern young woman.
On June 24, 2015, Sotheby's sold for £ 17M Le bar aux Folies-Bergère, oil on canvas 47 x 56 cm painted in 1881, lot 8. Please watch the video shared by the auction house. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
The barmaid is positioned before a vast space which is a reflection in a wall mirror, including her own reflection. The exact position of the glass is hardly noticeable. In the background, colors in dots figure a crowd at a show, anticipating altogether Lautrec and abstract art.
This scene that desires to be a counterpart to Las Meninas by Velazquez is troubling in its angles. It was painted in the studio. The man on the right who is visible only in his reflection is the door neighbor. The consistency of his position is explained when we accept to exclude the logical assumption that it he placed just in front of the woman.
Manet wants to create a masterpiece and appreciates that this theme allows it. Painted a few months later, the second and final version 96 x 130 cm marks a come back to a scene in realistic line with a towering girl whose actual model is an employee of the Folies-Bergère, a crowd whose details are visible and some additions like the increased assortment of drinks on the bar and the legs of the trapeze artist that anticipate Chagall.
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1881-1882 Le Bar aux Folies Bergère, 2nd version
Institut Courtauld's
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1881 Le Banc
1990 SOLD for $ 16.5M by Christie's
Le Banc, subtitled Le Jardin de Versailles, is a view of a trellised garden painted by Manet in 1881. This oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm was sold for $ 16.5M by Christie's on May 15, 1990. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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1881 MONET
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Claude Monet felt himself as a gardener. While in Argenteuil he enjoyed painting views of his own garden.
The house he rented in Vétheuil was carefully selected for creating an exuberant garden. It stood on the road from Vétheuil to La Roche-Guyon, which separated it from the garden that sloped down to the banks of the Seine river, leading to the ravishing panorama to Lavacourt that was the theme of his first intentionally built series.
Monet did not paint his new garden during the agony of Camille. He resumed that pictorial theme in 1881.
The house he rented in Vétheuil was carefully selected for creating an exuberant garden. It stood on the road from Vétheuil to La Roche-Guyon, which separated it from the garden that sloped down to the banks of the Seine river, leading to the ravishing panorama to Lavacourt that was the theme of his first intentionally built series.
Monet did not paint his new garden during the agony of Camille. He resumed that pictorial theme in 1881.
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early Spring 1881 La Maison de Campagne
2014 SOLD for $ 7.6M by Sotheby's
An oil on canvas 60 x 75 cm dated 1881 by Monet was referred as La Maison de Campagne when it was acquired by Durand-Ruel in April 1881. It is also more correctly titled Le Jardin de Vétheuil. It features in a close foreground the lower part of the garden, with branches and leaves half hiding the house and the stairs.
It was sold for $ 7.6M from a lower estimate of $ 4M by Sotheby's on November 4, 2014, lot 20. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
It was sold for $ 7.6M from a lower estimate of $ 4M by Sotheby's on November 4, 2014, lot 20. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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Summer 1881 Le Jardin de l'Artiste
1996 SOLD for $ 13.2M by Christie's
Monet painted a series of four views nearly identical in composition of his garden in the summer of 1881, with differences in the position of children descending the stairs from the building and in the sunlight.
Le Jardin de l'artiste, oil on canvas 100 x 82 cm created around noon, was sold for $ 13.2M by Christie's on November 11, 1996, lot 13. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Le Jardin de l'artiste, oil on canvas 100 x 82 cm created around noon, was sold for $ 13.2M by Christie's on November 11, 1996, lot 13. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
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Alice au Jardin
2014 SOLD for $ 34M by Sotheby's
The untimely death of Camille in 1879 rushes Alice Hoschedé into the arms of Monet.
In 1881 he features Alice in the garden of Vétheuil. He remembers the time when the white dress of Camille was expressing purity. Alice is quietly sewing in a rich surrounding of foliage. The sunlight filtering through a large tree provides a continuity in texture between the green and the woman in light blue.
This oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm was sold for $ 34M from a lower estimate of $ 25M by Sotheby's on November 4, 2014, lot 29. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
That year marks the peak and the end of the first impressionist period of Monet. He is watched by scandal when he can no longer hide his affair with Alice, a married woman. In the following year, his long lonesome trip in Normandy makes him wish to express the variations of light in the landscape at various times of the day.
Monet moved further away from Paris. He settled in 1883 in Giverny with Alice and the eight children of this recomposed family. The difficult period that followed the death of Camille is finally over. Claude married Alice in 1892, after the death of Hoschedé.
In 1881 he features Alice in the garden of Vétheuil. He remembers the time when the white dress of Camille was expressing purity. Alice is quietly sewing in a rich surrounding of foliage. The sunlight filtering through a large tree provides a continuity in texture between the green and the woman in light blue.
This oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm was sold for $ 34M from a lower estimate of $ 25M by Sotheby's on November 4, 2014, lot 29. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
That year marks the peak and the end of the first impressionist period of Monet. He is watched by scandal when he can no longer hide his affair with Alice, a married woman. In the following year, his long lonesome trip in Normandy makes him wish to express the variations of light in the landscape at various times of the day.
Monet moved further away from Paris. He settled in 1883 in Giverny with Alice and the eight children of this recomposed family. The difficult period that followed the death of Camille is finally over. Claude married Alice in 1892, after the death of Hoschedé.
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Champ de Blé
2012 SOLD for $ 12.1M by Sotheby's
The move of Claude Monet to Vétheuil is a shift to the delights and colors of the countryside.
Champ de blé, oil on canvas 66 x 82 cm painted in 1881, is depicting a vast and verdant wheat field in Lavacourt in a sunny weather with floating cirrus clouds. The balanced composition is built around two horizontal lines.
It is probably the picture on that theme which Monet exhibited in 1882 at the Impressionist exhibition. It was sold for $ 12.1M from a lower estimate of $ 5M by Sotheby's on November 8, 2012, lot 19. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
Champ de blé, oil on canvas 66 x 82 cm painted in 1881, is depicting a vast and verdant wheat field in Lavacourt in a sunny weather with floating cirrus clouds. The balanced composition is built around two horizontal lines.
It is probably the picture on that theme which Monet exhibited in 1882 at the Impressionist exhibition. It was sold for $ 12.1M from a lower estimate of $ 5M by Sotheby's on November 8, 2012, lot 19. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
1881 Huafeng People's Wishes to Emperor Yao by Ren Bonian
2011 SOLD for RMB 167M by Xiling Yinshe
Working in Shanghai, Ren Bonian aka Ren Yi is a painter of portraits, birds, flowers, fruit, landscapes and narrative figures, influenced by Song dynasty artists and later by Zhu Da. He was noted for his bold brushstrokes and use of color.
His paintings feature immortals and popular heroes instead of the more hermetic themes of the literati.
Huafeng people's wishes to the Emperor Yao was executed in 1881 for presentation to a wealthy Shanghai businessman. This folktale stages the legendary emperor Yao during an inspection tour in the mountains and jungles of Hua Feng area. The people give three wishes to Yao, but Yao declines three times.
This ink and color on silk 212 x 106 cm is Ren's largest work. It was sold for RMB 167M from a lower estimate of RMB 80M by Xiling Yinshe on July 16, 2011, lot 164.
His paintings feature immortals and popular heroes instead of the more hermetic themes of the literati.
Huafeng people's wishes to the Emperor Yao was executed in 1881 for presentation to a wealthy Shanghai businessman. This folktale stages the legendary emperor Yao during an inspection tour in the mountains and jungles of Hua Feng area. The people give three wishes to Yao, but Yao declines three times.
This ink and color on silk 212 x 106 cm is Ren's largest work. It was sold for RMB 167M from a lower estimate of RMB 80M by Xiling Yinshe on July 16, 2011, lot 164.
1881 Chemin Montant by Caillebotte
2019 SOLD for £ 16.7M by Christie's
Martial Caillebotte was a cloth merchant who had amassed a considerable fortune as a supplier of the armies of Napoléon III. His sons did not need to work for living.
Gustave Caillebotte enjoyed rowing, sailing, painting, gardening. In 1875 a painting showing workmen is refused by the Salon : the subject cannot please the bourgeois. In response, the young artist undertakes to support the Impressionnistes. He will even be an indefectible guarantor of a certain authenticity of the early impressionist style.
Gustave is skilled. The sharp line from his beginnings gives way to a real impressionist brushstroke. In bold compositions, he studies the effects of diving and counter-diving.
He spends several summers near Trouville, the seaside village that offers its nautical pleasures and social entertainment to wealthy Parisians housed in grands hôtels and opulent villas.
Chemin montant, oil on canvas 100 x 125 cm painted in 1881, was sold by Christie's for $ 6.7M on November 4, 2003 and for £ 16.7M on February 27, 2019, lot 28. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
A man and a woman are seen from behind, at the edge between the shadow and a bright summer sun. They move slowly, at the same level, without worrying about each other. They are not recognizable, probably to protect the anonymity of the very young woman who will henceforth share the life of the artist. The connoisseurs of the ancient Trouville recognize on the left side the Villa Italienne which was bordered by a steep path.
The artwork is painted in the full Impressionniste maturity of Caillebotte, probably in his studio from sketches. The path is leveled for a better opening onto the wooded horizon. The color balance is carefully constructed, with the yellow of the hat and the blue of gown and sky echoing the green of the vegetation while being embellished with the red-orange spots of the shutters and the sunshade.
Gustave Caillebotte enjoyed rowing, sailing, painting, gardening. In 1875 a painting showing workmen is refused by the Salon : the subject cannot please the bourgeois. In response, the young artist undertakes to support the Impressionnistes. He will even be an indefectible guarantor of a certain authenticity of the early impressionist style.
Gustave is skilled. The sharp line from his beginnings gives way to a real impressionist brushstroke. In bold compositions, he studies the effects of diving and counter-diving.
He spends several summers near Trouville, the seaside village that offers its nautical pleasures and social entertainment to wealthy Parisians housed in grands hôtels and opulent villas.
Chemin montant, oil on canvas 100 x 125 cm painted in 1881, was sold by Christie's for $ 6.7M on November 4, 2003 and for £ 16.7M on February 27, 2019, lot 28. The image is shared by Wikimedia.
A man and a woman are seen from behind, at the edge between the shadow and a bright summer sun. They move slowly, at the same level, without worrying about each other. They are not recognizable, probably to protect the anonymity of the very young woman who will henceforth share the life of the artist. The connoisseurs of the ancient Trouville recognize on the left side the Villa Italienne which was bordered by a steep path.
The artwork is painted in the full Impressionniste maturity of Caillebotte, probably in his studio from sketches. The path is leveled for a better opening onto the wooded horizon. The color balance is carefully constructed, with the yellow of the hat and the blue of gown and sky echoing the green of the vegetation while being embellished with the red-orange spots of the shutters and the sunshade.
1881 Après le Déjeuner by Morisot
2013 SOLD for £ 7M by Christie's
Berthe Morisot very early frequented the circle of artists in rebellion against the academic art who would become the Impressionnistes and was the sister-in-law of Edouard Manet. Her enthusiastic and dynamic style is both original and intimate. She favors family scenes, with a happy sensitivity.
From 1880 Berthe and her husband Eugène Manet rent a house with a garden in Bougival to spend the summers there. At that time she was with Mary Cassatt the symbol of the renewal of impressionism by women. She juxtaposes a sharp line close to Edouard Manet with spots of vibrant colors in the style of Renoir and the light tones of Corot.
Après le déjeuner features a young woman named Marie in the sun porch of Bougival. The portrait of this friend of the family is clear and delicate, contrasting with the free mingling of flowers in the garden. The title and the colors evoke a beautiful summer afternoon.
This oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm painted in 1881 was sold for £ 7M from a lower estimate of £ 1.5M by Christie's on February 6, 2013, lot 11. Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
Dans la Véranda, oil on canvas of the same size, was painted in 1884 in the same place, with the same accessories and the same surrounding : the table, the carafe, the lush flowers of the garden beyond the windows. Here the character is the child Julie Manet, the daughter of Berthe and Eugène, born in 1878, who is the favorite model of her mother's late career. This painting was sold for $ 2.5M by Christie's on May 14, 2015, lot 36C.
From 1880 Berthe and her husband Eugène Manet rent a house with a garden in Bougival to spend the summers there. At that time she was with Mary Cassatt the symbol of the renewal of impressionism by women. She juxtaposes a sharp line close to Edouard Manet with spots of vibrant colors in the style of Renoir and the light tones of Corot.
Après le déjeuner features a young woman named Marie in the sun porch of Bougival. The portrait of this friend of the family is clear and delicate, contrasting with the free mingling of flowers in the garden. The title and the colors evoke a beautiful summer afternoon.
This oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm painted in 1881 was sold for £ 7M from a lower estimate of £ 1.5M by Christie's on February 6, 2013, lot 11. Please watch the video shared by the auction house.
Dans la Véranda, oil on canvas of the same size, was painted in 1884 in the same place, with the same accessories and the same surrounding : the table, the carafe, the lush flowers of the garden beyond the windows. Here the character is the child Julie Manet, the daughter of Berthe and Eugène, born in 1878, who is the favorite model of her mother's late career. This painting was sold for $ 2.5M by Christie's on May 14, 2015, lot 36C.
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