Introduction: On this page you will find some meta-impressionist paintings. They will be rendered by alphabetically and then chronologically.
See links for more info on Meta-Impressionism and for an overview of the meta-impressionists.
See links for more info and pictures on Léon Bonnat; Bouguereau; Cabanel; Cabat; David; Delacroix; Géricault; Gérôme; Ingres; Meissonier; Horace Vernet.
It is interesting to compare them with those of the Impressionists. It is interesting to see if these ‘para-impressionists’ used elements of the impressionist painting style and in what way they did differ from it.
Note: some meta-impressionists were part of L’Institut and also known as Academic painters. The paintings they made with historical, biblical and mythological themes will be rendered on the page academic paintings. Their other works will be shown on this page.
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Léon Bonnat (1833-1922): 1896, Rose Caron in the role of Salammbo, 73×60, BNF Paris (iR6;iR24;iR10;R481,p175)
Léon Bonnat (1833-1922): 1898, Pays Basque, 140×195, Orsay (M1;iR10;iR1;R231-3+4+13) =SdAF-1899-232; =EU-1900-D-215, Pays Basque; paysage (hors concours) -> bought by the State.
Bouguereau (1825-1905): 1895, Portrait of Madame la Comtesse de Cambacérès, 120×88, Seattle AM (M227;iR10;R231-3) =EU-1900-D-cl7-246, Portrait de Mme la comtesse de C.
Bouguereau (1825-1905): 1875, Portrait de Marguerite Guérin, Madame Boucicaut, 146×84, LBM Paris (iR4;iR1;R231;R337) =S1876-241, Portrait de Mme B… (appointed Officier LdH); =EU-C-1889-93, Portrait de Mme. Boucicaut (S. 1876).
Bouguereau (1825-1905): 1877, La dévideuse, 162×98, private (iR4)
Alexandre Cabanel (1823-89): 1865, SDbl, L’Empereur Napoleon III, 238×170, MNChd Compiègne (iR6;iR2;R231-8+10;R337/1865+1866;M200) Expos: =S1865-346, Portrait de l’Empereur (Médaille d’Honneur); EU-1867-124, Portrait de S.M. l’Empereur; Salon de 1865 (Grand Prix).
Alexandre Decamps (1803-60): 1833, SDbl, La défaite des Cimbres, 130×195, Louvre (M5;iR155;iR6;R231-9;R337/1857) Expos: S1834 (1st class medal); EU-1855-2859 (Grande médaille d’Honneur)
Alexandre Decamps (1803-60): 1836, SD, Turkish children playing with a turtle (Souvenir de la Turquie d’Asie), 73×91, MC Chantilly (iR155;iR4;M196) Expos: =S1836 (or 1839); =? EU-1855-2871, Enfants turcs avec des tortues (à M. Cuvilliers-Fleury)
Alexandre Decamps (1803-60): 1837, The experts, 46×64, Metropolitan (iR6;iR1;R231-9;M23) Expos: S1839-504, Les Experts (Chevalier LdH); EU-1855-2892, Singes (à Lord Henry Seymour) (Grande médaille d’Honneur).
Alexandre Decamps (1803-60): 1838, Joseph sold by his brethren (reduction), 31×41, Wallace London (iR6;iR10) Compare: S1839 (Chevallier Légion d’Honneur); EU-1855-2857, Joseph vendu par ses frères (à M. le docteur L. Véron; Salon de 1839) (Grande médaille d’honneur)
Alexandre Decamps (1803-60): 1842, Italian Peasant, 63×55, CAI Williamstown (M26;iR155;iR6;iR10;R231-9) =!? EU-1855-2879, Paysan italien (à M. Gaillard fils)
Alexandre Decamps (1803-60): 1848, Rebecca at the well, 30×41, M. Condé Chantilly (iR6;iR23;iR10;R231-9;M196) Expos: =S1850/51; =EU-1855-2858, Eliézer et Rebecca (à M. le baron Roger)
Decamps (1803-60): 1853, Le passage du gué, 59×199, Louvre (M5;iR10;R231-1+2) =EU-1900-C-205, Le Passage du gué (à M. Moreau-Nélaton)
Alexandre Decamps (1803-60): 1850-60, Jésus sur le lac de Génésareth, 41×74, Louvre (iR6;iR23;M5) =!? EU-1900-C-206, Jésus sur le lac de Génézareth (à M. Moreau-Nélaton).
Delacroix (1798-1863): 1834, R561, The Prisoner of Chillon (from Lord Byron), 74×93, Louvre (iR6;iR23;iR1;R231-9+1;M5) Expos: S1835-555 (à le duc d’Orléans); EU-1855-2928; EdBA-1885; EU-1900-C-220, Le prisonnier de Chillon (à M. Moreau-Nélaton)
Delacroix (1798-1863): 1852, The sea from the heights of Dieppe, on wood, 35×51, Louvre (iR2;iR6)
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824): 1814, Wounded Cuirassier leaving the field of battle, 358×294, Louvre (iR10;iR245;iR6;iR1;iR23;R293,p409;M5) Expo: S1814-435, Cuirassier blessé, quittant le feu.
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824): 1812, Officier de chasseurs à cheval de la garde impériale chargeant (An officer of the Imperial horse guards charging), 349×266, Louvre (iR2;iR1;iR23;iR6;iR10;R322,p207;M5) Expos: S1812-415, Portrait équestre de M. D; S1814-433, Un hussard chargeant.
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824): 1817ca, Horse stopped by slaves, 48×60, MBA Rouen (HW;iR6;iR10;iR127;M12;R231-1) =!? EU-1900-C-316, Cheval arrêté par des esclaves (Musée de Rouen).
Théodore Géricault (1791-1824): 1819, The raft of the Méduse, 491×716, Louvre (iR6;iR2;iR23;iR10;iR1;R231;R172,p60;R478,p375;M5) Expos: =S1819-510, Scène de naufrage; compare: EU-C-1900-317, Le radeau de la ‘Méduse’ (esquisse). Provenance: bought by the State in 1824.
Géricault (1791-1824): 1818, Evening (Landscape with an Aqueduct), 250×220, Metropolitan (iR10;M23;iR2)
Géricault (1791-1824): 1822-23ca, A Madwoman and Compulsive Gambler, 77×65, Louvre (iR6;iR23;R293,p410)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904): 1861, SDbr, 2CR134, The prisoner, op, 45×78, MBA Nantes (iR23;iR1;iR6;M16;R231-8+10) Expos: S1863-770; EU-1867-296, Le prisonnier; Salon de 1863; Musée de Nantes (Grand Prix)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904): 1895-96ca, Summer afternoon on a lake, 60×92, private (iR2;iR6;iR10)
Ingres (1780-1867): 1808ca, La Baigneuse (à mi-corps), 51×43, MBH Bayonne (iR10;iR108;iR127;M191;R231-1+2+9) Expos: =? EU-1855-3353, Baigneuse; petite étude (à M. Defresne); =EU-1900-C-371, Baigneuse assise, vue de dos (Rome, 1808; à M. Bonnat)
Ingres (Jean-Auguste-Dominique; 1780-1867): 1832, Portrait of M Bertin, 116×95, Louvre (iR6;iR1;R231-9;M5) Expos: =S1833-1279, Portraits, même numéro; =EU-1855-3372, Portrait de M. Bertin aîné (Peint en 1832); =3SdA-1905-48.
Ernest Meissonier (1815-91): 1855, SDbl, The Brawl, op, 44×57, Buckingham Pallace (iR6;iR155;iR10;R231-9;R337/1857) =EU-1855-3669, Une Rixe (Grande médaille d’Honneur)
Ernest Meissonier (1815-91): 1860, Le Vin du curé, 12×15, MBA Reims (M190;iR10;R231-1) EU-1900-C-459, Le Vin du curé (à M. Vasnier)
Ernest Meissonier (1815-91): 1885, Playing bowles in the Fosse at Antibes, op, 44×77, AAM New York (iR6;iR10)
Ernest Meissonier (1815-91): 1888, SD, The Grand Canal, Venice, 93×130, Orsay (iR155;aR1;R231-6;M1) Expos: EU-1889-OdA-1012, Venice; EdBA-1893-4.
Ernest Meissonier (1815-91): 1850, SDbr, Sunday at Poisy, 23×30, Orsay (iR10;iR326;aR1;R231-9;M1) Expos: =S1850/51 (sold for 14.000fr); =EU-1855-5057, Le dimanche; les joueurs de tonneau; =GP1884-8; =GP1893-937;
E.-J.-Horace Vernet (1789-1863): 1820ca, CR139, The artist’s studio, 52×64, private (iR10;iRx;iR6;R231-9) =? EU-1855-4165, Intérieur d’atelier (à M. le comte de Lariboisière)
E.-J.-Horace Vernet (1789-1863): 1822, Plague in Barcelona in 1819, 65×54, Hermitage (iR6;M95)
E.-J.-Horace Vernet (1789-1863): 1822ca, The Vesuvius erupting, 93×74, MFA Houston (iR6;iR10;M163) Depicting Vernet and his father Carle.
