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Saint-Petersburg 1912

Exposition centennale de l’art français

100 years of French painting (1812-1912)

 

 

Introduction:
1912/01/28 onwards there was an exhibition called “Vy’stavka sto let franczuzskoj zhivopisi (1812-1912)” (100 years of French painting, 1812-1912; or Exposition centennale de l’art français) held in Saint Petersburg (R250=iR261;R106,p420). The exhibition showed 948 works by 199 artists. The emphasize was not on ‘official academic or salon painters’, but on artists that ‘opened up new paths’ (iR261). It included many works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Several officials were involved like the French ambassador, curators (of Musée de Luxembourg and the Louvre) and also many (French) art-dealers art-collectors.
Note: additional info and much more pictures have to be added.

 

Info on the ‘impressionists’ at Saint Petersburg 1912:
Here below you will find some information of the entries of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Art-works of 23 of the 57 partakers were exhibited at the Exposition centennale in Saint-Petersburg in 1912. I will render them alphabetically.
Note: additional info will follow.

Boudin (3x +3wc),
Félix Bracquemond (5 engravings),
Marie Bracquemond (1x),
Cals (4x),
Cézanne* (4x),
Note: another source claims that there were 18 art-works of Cézanne shown (iR194), see account.
Desboutin (1x; no engravings!),
Degas (3x +1dr +6prints/lithos),
Forain (!3x +5dr +1wc +7prints/lithos),
Gauguin (20x! +2dr +1print/litho),
Guillaumin (3x),
Lebourg (2x),
Legros (1x +1dr +6prints/lithos),
Lépine (2x),
Monet (9x), CR86 (no.440) +166 (438) +409 (436) +797 (441) +808 (444) +1156 (437) +1177 (439) (R22IV,p1021)
Morisot (4x),
Pissarro (4x +2prints/lithos), including CCP1257 (no.484) +74 (485) +293 (486) +1230 (487) (R116I,p369)
J.F. Raffaëlli (2 drawings +1print/litho),
Redon (2x +1dr +2prints/lithos),
Renoir (23x! +1print/litho),
Seurat (2x),
Signac (2x);
Sisley (7x),
Vignon (1x).
Note*: for many this was done posthumously, see.

Paintings of the ‘impressionists’ at Saint Petersburg 1912:
Here below you will find some paintings of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions that were shown at the Exposition centennale in Saint-Petersburg in 1912. I will render them by form.
Note: many suggestions still have to be added.

 

 

Other art-works of the ‘impressionists’ at Saint Petersburg 1912:
Here below you will find some other art-works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions that were shown at the Exposition centennale in Saint-Petersburg in 1912.
Note: this still has to start.

 

 

Info on the other artists at Saint Petersburg 1912:
Here below you will find some information on the entries of other artists at the Exposition centennale in Saint-Petersburg in 1912.
Note: More information and a more accurate classification will follow.

Works of Néo-Classicist painters:
David (8x, including 4 portraits and 2 studies); Ingres (11x, including 6 portraits).
Works of Romantic painters: Delacroix (21x!), Géricault (7x).
Works of more traditional / Academic painters:
Baron Gérard  (1770-1837) (7x); Louis Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) (7x); Paul Gavarni / Paul Chevalier (1801-1876) (6x, including 4x caricatures); Constantin Guys (1805-1902) (13x, including 11x drawings); Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855) (6x, including 4x caricatures); Eugène Louis Lami (1800-1890) (4 oils + 2 watercolours);  Meissonnier (4x); Henry Monnier (1805-1877) (5x); Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (1758-1823) (12x); Louis Gustave Ricard (1823-1872) ( ?8x); La Santinelle (12x); Fontaine de Swebach (1769-1823) (5x);
Note: A more accurate classification will follow.
Note: Works of most awarded (former) members of L’Institut and important Néo-Classists Cabanel and Gérôme were absent! Only of Bouguereau there was just 1 portrait and of Pils 1 painting.

There were many works of Barbizon painters:
Corot (23x!); Decamps (7x, including 4x oils); Diaz (9x); Daubigny (7x); François; Huet (12x); Isabey (6x); Georges Michel (6x); J.F. Millet (11x); Rousseau (15x); Troyon (3x); Ziem (5x).
Note: many works were just titled ‘paysage’.
Works of Para-Impressionists:
Courbet (22x!); Daumier (12x); Manet (10x); Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886) (5x); Gustave Moreau (6x); Puvis de Chavannes (5x).
Works of Neo-Impressionists:
Cross (1x);
Works of Post-Impressionists:
Bonnard (6x), Denis (5x), Roussel (5x), Vallotton (6x), Valtat (4x), Vuillard (4x).
Works of Post-Impressionists in a broader meaning:
Manguin (2x); Albert Marquet (4 oils + 3 drawings); Toulouse-Lautrec (3x).

Paintings and other art-works by other artists:
Here below you will find some of the art-works (namely paintings) of the other artists that were exhibited at the Exposition centennale in Saint-Petersburg in 1912.
Note: this still has to start.

 

Loans:
Most exhibited works were loans. It is interesting to see who were important submitters to the Exposition centennale in Saint-Petersburg in 1912.
Note: additional info will follow.

Many loans came from art-dealers like Bernheim-Jeune, Beurdeley (Paris), Druet, Durand-Ruel, Paul Rosenberg, Vollard,
Many loans also came from art-collectors like Ackermann, Barbazanges, Duret, Victor Victorovich Goloubev, Alphonse Kahn, Pearson, Théodore Reinach, Mme Rouart and several collectors from Saint-Petersburg.
Just a few loans came from musea.

 

Saint Petersburg 1899:
Earlier in 1899 there has been a major exhibition in Saint-Petersburg (and Moscow) called ‘Exposition française des Beaux-Arts et des Arts décoratifs’. This included many works from the ‘impressionists’. But, this was not explicitly a centennial exposition and is therefore out of the scope of this website. See for more info international exhibitions.

 

Sources:
Catalogue (iR261): “[Vy’stavka sto let franczuzskoj zhivopisi (1812-1912) : Exhibition 100 Years of French Painting (1812-1912)].” In Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME). European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. Last modified Mar 1, 2023. http://exhibitions.univie.ac.at/exhibition/411 (note: partly unfinished).
Catalogue (iR40,bpt6k1421639x).
Note: the catalogue wasn’t allways accurate such as in the date of birth of Monet and the data of death of Pissarro.

Other main sources are the Catalogues Raisonné of the artists, namely:
of Monet (R22IV,p1016-1022), Signac (R106,p420/1), Pissarro (R116); catalogues of Renoir (R31,p315), Sisley (R396).
Other sources are the Salon database (iR1), other catalogues (R250;iR261); Denvir (R5).
For other general references (=R) see. For other references to internet sites (=iR) see. See links for practical hints and abbreviations and for the subscription of the paintings.

 

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Note: additional info and pictures will be added.