Pre-Impressionism:
Antoine Chintreuil
1814 – 1873
General info:
Antoine Chintreuil was born in Pont-de-Vaux in the department of the Ain (M1;aR3).
In 1842 Chintreuil studied at the studio of Delaroche.
In 1843 he met Corot, who is called his teacher in the Salon catalogues (iR1).
From 1850 till 1857 he lived in Igny .
He frequently painted in the surroundings of Barbizon. Still, some sources don’t include him to the Barbizon painters (R290,p10).
In 1861 he made studies of the sea and the changing tones of the sky in Fécamp at the Normandy coast (M61).
In 1873/08/08 he died in La Tournelle-Septeuil, in the Seine-et-Oise district, where he had been living since 1857 (aR2,V1,p122;iR3;M61).
Chintreuil was a pre-impressionist, he often rendered the influence of weather (rain and brume), the seasons and the time of day (namely twilight). His brushstroke stays more smooth. His work is characterised by a dramatic treatment of the atmosphere and the light (M1). His colours are quite bright.
Chintreuil at the Salon:
Chintreuil started to exhibit at the Salon in 1848 (or earlier).
In 1863 he was refused and exhibited at the Salon des Refusés.
In 1867 he received a medal.
From 1868-70 he exhibited ‘exempté’.
In 1870 and 1872 he was member of the jury and exhibited ‘hors concours’ (R59,p184; see).
In 1870 he was appointed Chevalier in the Légion d’Honneur (R337/1873).
Almost all paintings were landscapes.
Chintreuil at the Expositions Universelle:
Works of Chintreuil were exhibited at the Expositions Universelle, also posthumously.
In 1855 he showed one painting (a countryside in the morning).
In 1867 he showed two landscapes, but later on at least one other landscape was added (outside the catalogue =hc).
At the Universal Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 Chintreuil received a medal.
In 1878 posthumously two landscapes were shown, both loans from the Musée de Luxembourg.
In 1889 at the Exposition Centennale four landscapes were shown, all (private) loans.
In 1900 at the Exposition Centennale five landscapes were shown, all private loans.
See some pictures on this page and some links at the bottom of this page.
Chintreuil at other exhibitions:
1874/04/25 – 05/15: Retrospective at the École des Beaux-Arts with 231 paintings, 39 drawings and 3 additional works at the École des Beaux-Arts (=EdBA-1874) (aR2,V1,p123;R88II,p397).
In 1875 the 4th and 5th of February there was an auction sale at Hôtel Drouot. (=HD1875/02) The total revenue was 150.000fr. Paintings were sold for more than 5.000fr (during his life just for 2 or 3.000fr). (aR2I,p87)
At an exhibition in 1878 the art-dealer Durand-Ruel showed 7 paintings of Chintreuil (no.12-18) (=DR1878) (aR2,V1)
1897/12 the Galerie Berne-Bellecour held an ‘Exposition Chintreuil’ (=GBB1897) (aR2)
1898/04/26 sale at Hôtel Drouot of the collection of Paul Chevallier, including several works of Chintreuil (=HD1898/04/26) (aR2)
1905/02/09 sale at Hôtel Drouot of the collection of (Jean) Desbrosses, including many works of Chintreuil (aR2).
Other sales and expos:
1856/12/20 sale at Hôtel Drouot of the collection of Delbergue-Cormont, including several works of Chintreuil (aR2).
Larger retrospectives were held in 1973, 2002 and 2017↓.
Paintings exhibited:
Here below you will find some more titles of paintings of Chintreuil that were exhibited at the Salon and the Expositions Universelles.
S1853-256, ?Après la pluie; effet du soir (commissioned and bought by the State) (MBA Reims; aR2,V2,no148)
EU-1855-2733, La campagne, le matin (à Stanislas Baron); =EdBA-1874-229; =EU-1889-C-137 (aR2,V3,no277; compare: M1)
S1864-386; =EdBA-1874-152 =18xx, L720, Sbl, Le soleil chasse le brouillard, souvenir d’Igny, 97×162, MBA Reims (M190; aR2,no720)
S1866-399, Le soleil boit la rosée du matin; =EdBA-1874-162; =HD1875/02-85; =18xx, L930, Le soleil boit la rosée du matin, 240×160, MBA Strasbourg (aR2,V7,no930; iR1; iR10; iR155)
S1874-388, La Route blanche (aR2,V8,no1257)
EU-1889-C-140, La Mer au soleil couchant (à M. A. Desbrochers); =EdBA-1874-219; =GBB-1897-8; =18xx, L948, La Mer au soleil couchant (Fécamp), 60×105, MdP Amiens (iR6; iR10; R231-5; aR2,V7,no948)
EU-1900-C-103, Paysage (Musée de Cambrai) (=MBA Cambrai; aR2,V9,no1245)
EU-1900-C-107, Le passeur, soir d’été, La Tournelle (à Mme Esnault-Pelterie); =GBB-1897-18 = 18xx, 39×46, A2019/03/24 (iR10; iR11; R231-2; aR2,no784)
Sources:
Monneret (R88II,p397)
The catalogues of the Salon (iR1; R337)
The catalogues of the Expositions Universelles (R231)
The additional references, namely Lechelon (aR2).
For further reading:
Françoise Baudson (ed.): Le livre du Centenaire (de la mort d’Antoine Chintreuil) (1873 – 1973). Exhibition catalogue. Musée de l’Ain, Bourg-en-Bresse, 1973.
Brumes et rosées; paysages d’Antoine Chintreuil (1814-1873). Exhibition catalogue. Musée de Brou à Bourg-en-Bresse, 2002.
Antoine Chintreuil; Rêveries d’un paysagiste solitaire. Exhibition catalogue. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Meudon, 2017. (72 pages; about 30 exhibited works)
Additional references (=aR):
- bibliotheque-numerique.INHA.fr//Chintreuil (A. de La Fizelièri, Champfleury & F. Henriet: La vie et l’oeuvre de Chintreuil. Cadart, Paris, 1874)
- www.chintreuil.com (Michel Lechelon: Catalogue des oeuvres d’Antoine Chintreuil; 10 volumes in 10 PDF’s)
- musée-chintreuil.com (Musée Chintreuil in Pont de Vaux).
- en.wikipedia.org//chintreuil (English WikiPedia page on Antoine Chintreuil; =iR3)
- fr.wikipedia.org//chintreuil (French WikiPedia page on Antoine Chintreuil; =iR4)
- commons.wikimedia.org//chintreuil (Pictures of Antoine Chintreuil at WikiMedia; =iR6)
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