Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-130, La lecture (le soir); (dessin) =!? 1879ca, Sbl, 1CR2085, Portrait of the artist’s wife and mother-in-law; seen in candlelight, reading (detail), charcoal, 44×28, BM London (R89,p32;M147;R90II,p114+132;R2,p268;R390,no2085). Compare: S1878-3289, Femme lisant; fusain.
Which drawings were shown at the ‘impressionist’ expositions? At the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositionsheld from 1874-1886 in Paris there were about 111 drawings exhibited, about 5,4% of the total amount of 2053 art-works. Namely in 1879 and 1886 many drawings were exhibited. 20 of the 57 partakers exhibited drawings, namely Lebourg, Rouart and Redon. At the bottom of this page you will find an overview and a short account per year. Note: If you double click on the first picture and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
Félix Bracquemond: 1860ca, Croquis de Bracquemond, Portrait de l’auteur, dr, 10×17, A2015/11/26 (iR239;iR10) =??? 1IE-1874-23, Portrait (dessin)
Edouard Brandon, 1IE-1874-30, Portrait de M. A.Z. (dessin) =? S1867-1657, Portrait de M. A. Z.; dessin. Compare: 1858, William Eden Nesfield, dr+gouach, 22×14, NPG London (M180;iR1;R2,p119).
Edgar Degas, 1IE-1874-58, Départ de course, esquisse, dessin =? 1860-62ca, At the Races, dr, 35×48, CAI Williamstown (M26;iR10) =Degas sale GP1919/07/02-253. Compare: 1860-62, CR76, At the Races, the Start, 32×46, Harvard Cambridge.
Edgar Degas: 1IE-1874-59, Faux depart, dessin Compare: 1883-85ca, The jockeys, litho, xx, xx (iR10;iR13) Compare: CR755, Race horses
Edgar Degas: 1873-74, CR340, Salle de danse (ballet rehearsal on stage), grisaille, 65×81, Orsay (iR2;iR59;iR23;R26,no470;R90II,p7+22;R90I,p37;M1) Compare: 1IE-1874-60, Répétition de ballet sur la scène, dessin; appartient à M. Mulbacher. Probably not: 2IE-1876-44, Salle de danse (R2,p174;R90II,p35)
Edgar Degas: 1882-85, Après le bain, dr+p, 37×28, private (aR23=MS1070;iR15) Compare: 1IE-1874-62, après le bain, étude, dessin
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1876, Portrait de femme, de trois quarts vers la gauche, dr, 36×28, Louvre (iR23;R2,p161;M5a) =? 2IE-1876-33, Portrait de Mme X… (dessin).
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 18xx, Portrait de jeune garçon, dr, 62×25, A2011/10/10 (iR11;R2,p161)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 2IE-1876-35, Le repas frugal (dessin) =!? 1875, SDbl, Repas frugal à Saint-Siméon (Meager meal at Saint-Siméon), dr, 20×24, A2012/12/16 (iR13;R2,p161) Provenance?: sale 1876/01/26; 2nd Armand Doria sale GP1899/05/08-338 (1.000fr); Hazard (R152,p216;R455-2)
Edgar Degas: 1873ca, Blanchisseuse à contre-jour, dr, 42×31, A2020/10/09 (iR86;iR10;aR23;R114,CR356cp) =? 2IE-1876-59, Blanchisseuse (dessin)
Jean-Baptiste Millet: 18xx, Sbr, Retour de troupeau (Le chemin vers la ferme), ink wash, 24×31, MTH Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (iR23;M242;R2,p163) Compare: 2IE-1876-145, Le verger (sépia).
Jean-Baptiste Millet: 18xx, Sbr, La charrue (The plough), dr, 15×23, A2018/04/27 (iR86;R2,p163) Compare: 2IE-1876-146, Le labourage (sépia rehaussée)
Henri Rouart: 1883/08?, SDbr, La Busardière (property of general Mélodion), near Mans, wc, xx, private (R92,p6).
Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-130, dessin. Compare: 1885, CR167, Portrait of Berthe Morisot and Her Daughter (Self-Portrait with Julie; detail), 72×91, private (iR2;iR6)
Marie Bracquemond: 4IE-1879-1, Les Muses des Arts (Carton ayant servi pour une peinture sur faïence); appartient à M. Haviland =1878, The Muses of the Arts, ceramic for Haviland, 300×700, private (R168,p235=no.5;R90II,p121+105;R90I;R88I,p77;aR11) =EU-1878-hc, Les Muses des Arts =!? BJ-1919-148, Les Beaux Arts, project de décoration, dessin; Appartient à M. Georges Haviland.
Adolphe-Félix Cals, 4IE-1879-41, Portrait de Mme A.R…, dessin. Very uncertain: 1870/07/16 (?), portrait of a woman, dr pastel, 40×29, A2013/06/08 (iR11;iR13;iR17;R2,p287)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1880, SDtr, L’heureuse mère (The happy mother), dr, 30×25, A1999/10/27 (iR13;R2,p267;R455-2) Compare: 4IE-1879-43, La mère et les enfants (dessin). Provenance: Armand Doria; GP1899/05/08-332.
Adolphe-Félix Cals, 4IE-1879-44, Le coin du feu (dessin). Maybe?: 18xx, unknown title (woman sitting by the fire), xx, xx (iR101;iR10;R2,p267;R90II,p108). Compare: 3IE-1877-12, Le coin du feu.
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 4IE-1879-45, La mère Doudoux, dessin =1878, SDbr, La Mère Boudoux à sa fenêtre, dr, 21×18, xx (R90II,p126+108;R2,p267;R194,no62;R455-2) Compare: 3IE-1877-13, La mère Doudoux. Provenance: Armand Doria; GP1899/05/08-333, Vieille femme.
Jean-Louis Forain, 4IE-1879-107, dessin. Maybe??: 18xx, Young woman standing in a bleu dress, ink+wc, 20×10, DAG Louvre (iR23;M5a,RF10808,R;R2,p268)
Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-128, Portrait de femme (dessin) =? 1xxx, Sbl, 1CR2068, Portrait of Mme B. Guilloux, fusain, 64×42, xx (R390,no2068;R2,p268)
Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-129, Portrait d’homme (dessin) =?? 1xxx, Str, 1CR2078, Portrait of his father, fusain, 43×29, xx (R390,no2078;R2,p268) =GP1918-264
Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-130, La lecture (le soir); (dessin) =!? 1879ca, Sbl, 1CR2085, Portrait of the artist’s wife and mother-in-law; seen in candlelight, reading, charcoal, 44×28, BM London (R89,p32;M147;R90II,p114+132;R2,p268;R390,no2085) Compare: S1878-3289, Femme lisant; fusain.
Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-131, La Veillée (dessin) =!? 1879ca, Sbr, 1CR2062, Evening (La Veillée), charcoal, 32×49, Cleveland MA (iR155;M27;R90I,p313;R90II,p114+132;R390,no2062) =expo GP1918-220 =2nd Roger Marx sale HD1914/06/12-179. 5IE-1880-97, Dessin (Fusain), (Brodeuses dans un effet de lampe; (R90I,p313)
Albert Lebourg: 1xxx, Sbl, 1CR2084, Portrait of Mme Lebourg, fusain, 41×28, xx (R390,no2084;R90I,p313;R2,p268) =?? 4IE-1879-132, La Ménagère (dessin).
Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-133, Jeune fille (dessin). Compare: 1xxx, Sbr, 1CR2074, Petite Italien, assise, fusain, 44×29, xx (R390,no2074;R2,p268) =GP1918-224
Albert Lebourg: 1879, SDbl (Paris 1879), 1CR2063, Portraits de la mère et de la femme de l’artiste travaillant à la lumière d’une lampe, fusain, 31×44, xx (R90II,p132+114;R390,no2063) Compare: 4IE-1879-134, Femme jouant aux échecs (dessin).
Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-135, Jeune femme (dessin) =!? 1880ca, 1CR2083!?, Portrait of the artist’s wife asleep (Marie Guilloux), charcoal, 49×32, AI Chicago (M20;aR6;iR10;R2,p268;R390,no2083)
Albert Lebourg: 1880, SDbl, 1CR2075?, Femme lisant une lettre (woman reading a letter by candlelight), fusain, 43×29, VGM Amsterdam? (iR10;iR64;M73;R2,p268;R390,no2075) =?? 4IE-1879-136, Jeune femme (dessin) or: 4IE-1879-130, La lecture (le soir); (dessin) Compare: S1878-3289, Femme lisant; fusain
Albert Lebourg: 1878ca, La lecture à la bougie, dr, 19×13, Axx (iR10;iR13;R2,p268) =? 1xxx, Sbl, 1CR2077, Portrait de jeune fille (De profil à gauche et lisant un livre qu’elle tient entre ses mains, fusain, 43×29 (R390,no2077) =?? 4IE-1879-133, Jeune fille (dessin) or: 4IE-1879-130, La lecture (le soir); (dessin) or: =?? 4IE-1879-137, Jeune femme (dessin) =?? S1878-3289, Femme lisant; fusain.
Henry Somm: 4IE-1879-230-1, (Promenade) dessin à la plume pour servir à l’illustration du Livre des Baisers, de V. Billaud =? 1879, Promenade, dr, (R90II,p141+119;R90I,p243)
Henry Somm: 4IE-1879-230-2, (Morte) dessin à la plume pour servir à l’illustration du Livre des Baisers, de V. Billaud =? 1879, Morte, dr, (R90II,p141+119;R90I,p243)
Henry Somm: 4IE-1879-230-3, (Lune de miel) dessin à la plume pour servir à l’illustration du Livre des Baisers, de V. Billaud =? 1879, Lune de miel, dr, (R90II,p142+119;R90I,p243)
Henry Somm: 4IE-1879-230-4, (Le Délire continue) dessin à la plume pour servir à l’illustration du Livre des Baisers, de V. Billaud =? 1879, Le Délire continue, dr, xx (R90II,p142+119;R90I,p243)
Henry Somm: 4IE-1879-230-5, dessin à la plume pour servir à l’illustration du Livre des Baisers, de V. Billaud Compare: 1879, Beraldi 10, Le Livre des baisers, front page, etch (aR9=iR387;iR10;iR40;aR8;R90I,p243;R2,p270;R85XII,no10)
Henry Somm: 4IE-1879-230-6, (Propos féminins) dessin à la plume pour servir à l’illustration du Livre des Baisers, de V. Billaud =? 1879, Le Livre des baisers, Propos féminins, dr (aR9;iR10;R90I,p243;R2,p270)
Edgar Degas: 5IE-1880-42-1, Dessins =?? 1880-85, Study of a dancer, dr+p, 32×24, private (iR6;iR10;aR23=MS1764)
Edgar Degas: 5IE-1880-42-2, Dessins =?? 1876-80ca, Seated dancer adjusting her shoes, dr+p, 47×31, Hermitage (iR155;aR23=MS1581;M95)
Albert Lebourg: 1xxx, Sbl, Portrait du docteur, fusain, xx, A2012/03/19 (iR17;iR10;iR415;iR1;R2,p268+312;R90I,p276) =?? 4IE-1879-129, Portrait d’homme; (dessin) or: 5IE-1880-95, Dessin (Fusain), (Anglo-Américan) =?? S1878-3288, Portrait de M. L…; fusain
Albert Lebourg: 1880, SDbl, 1CR2066, La femme et la belle-mère de l’artiste travaillant à la lumière d’une lampe (The mother and wife of the artist sewing by lamplight), fusain, 29×44, PGM Los Angeles (M31;iR10;iR8;R2,p312;R90I,p313;R90II,p114+132;R390,no2066) Compare: 5IE-1880-96, Dessin (Fusain), (Brodeuses dans un effet de lampe)
Albert Lebourg: 4IE-1879-131, La Veillée (dessin) =!? 1879ca, Sbr, 1CR2062, Evening (La Veillée; detail), charcoal, 32×49, Cleveland MA (iR155;M27;R90I,p313;R90II,p114+132;R390,no2062) =expo GP1918-220 =2nd Roger Marx sale HD1914/06/12-179. Compare: 5IE-1880-97, Dessin (Fusain), (Brodeuses dans un effet de lampe; (R90I,p313)
Albert Lebourg: 1867-70ca, Sbl, Still Life with Candle, charcoal, 31×23, PGM Los Angeles (M31;iR6;iR8;iR72;iR155;R2,p312) =?? 5IE-1880-98, Dessin (Fusain)
Albert Lebourg: 1867-70ca, Sbl, A brush, jug and other objects in a candlelit interior, charcoal, 31×24, A2014/07/10 (iR11;iR15;iR78;R2,p312) =?? 5IE-1880-99, Dessin (Fusain)
Albert Lebourg: 1875, SDbl, Barque de pécheurs en mer, Alger, fusain, 46×30, A2017/06/02 (iR17;R2,p312) =?? 5IE-1880-100, Dessin (Fusain)
Albert Lebourg: 1878, SDbl, Intérieur de forêt (Montfort), fusain, 48×31, MPP Paris (iR195;M4;R2,p312) =?? 5IE-1880-101, Dessin (Fusain)
Albert Lebourg: 1872-77, The kasbash (Alger), fusain, 45×29, A2013/06/20 (iR11;iR10;R2,p312) =?? 5IE-1880-102, Dessin (Fusain)
Albert Lebourg: 1873, SDbr, Algerian landscape, chalk + charcoal, 30×45, AI Chicago (M20;iR155;aR6;R2,p312) =?? 5IE-1880-103, Dessin (Fusain).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-175, Dessin de mon tableau, Maire et Conseiller municipal. Compare: 1879ca, Mayor and town counselor, dr?, 54×73, xx (iRx;R2,p313;R90II,p154) Maybe?: se1884-150 (aR14,p17).
Edgar Degas: 6IE-1881-19+hc3-1, (Dessins et esquisses: Chanteuses en scène) =?? 1877ca, Chanteuse café-concert, dr, xx, BNF Paris (aR22=iR40;R90II,p180;R2,p354;R114,no380;R26,no414;R90I,p348+362) Compare CR380, “stretching out wiggling paws”
Edgar Degas: 6IE-1881-19+hc3-2, (Dessins et esquisses: Chanteuses en scène) =?? 1877ca, Sketches Mll. Bécat (Chanteuse café-concert), dr, xx, BNF Paris (aR22=iR40;R90II,p180;R2,p354;R114,no372+458;R26,no385+452;R90I,p348+362) Compare: CR372 + 458
Edgar Degas: 6IE-1881-19+hc3-3, (Dessins et esquisses: Chanteuses en scène) =?? 1877ca, Five rapid sketches (of a singer at a café-concert), dr, xx, JPGM Los Angeles (iR8;aR22=iR40;R90II,p180;R2,p354;R114,no405+458;R26,no413+452;R90I,p348+362) Compare: CR405 + 458.
Jean-Louis Forain, 6IE-1881-26, dessin. Very uncertain: 18xx, Femme debout, de trois quarts à gauche, portant un chapeau plat, dr, 40×26, DAG Louvre (M5a,RF24304,R;R2,p354)
Jean-Louis Forain, 6IE-1881-27, dessin. Very uncertain: 18xx, Homme en habit noir conversant avec une femme en robe de soirée, dr, 28×22, DAG Louvre (M5a,RF23411,R;R2,p354)
Jean-Louis Forain, 6IE-1881-28, dessin. Very uncertain: 18xx, La visite, pencil, 35×28, A2008/11/19 (iR11;iR14;aR17=iR40)
Jean-Louis Forain, 6IE-1881-29, dessin. Very uncertain: 18xx, visiting the artist in his studio, ink, 37×32, A2009/03/10 (iR11;iR15;R2,p354)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-120, Dessin à la plume. Maybe???: 1876ca, An old woman, seated, in Breton dress (study for S1877-1755), dr, 19×12 (or48x31), A2006/01/24 (iR15;iR11;aR7,p54;R2,p355)
Federico Zandomeneghi, 6IE-1881-168, Portrait, dessin = ?? 1880, CG76, SDbr, Portrait of his mother, dr+p, 55×46, private (iR167;R204,no76;R2,p356)
Marie Bracquemond: 8IE-1886-1, Jeune filles (carton fusain). Compare: 1880ca, Etudes d’une femme debout, d’une tête de femme, de mains et de pieds, dr, 31×39, DAG Louvre (iR10;aR14;iR127;iR2;R2,p443;R90II,p239;M5)
Jean-Louis Forain: 8IE-1886-40, Un coin à l’Opéra (dessin à l’encre de Chine) =? 18xx, Entrée dans le monde, encre de Chine+gouache+wc, 37×21, DAG Louvre (M5a,RF10752R;iR23;R2,p444)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-92-1, Série de dessins. Maybe(??): 1886, Barque au Bois de Boulogne, dr, 30×22, A1998/03/24 (iR13)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-92-2, Série de dessins. Maybe(??) 18xx, Portrait de Paule Gobillard, dr, 31×24, A2007/05/10 (iR11) Compare CR653=1881 (R100,p64)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-92-3, Serie de dessins. Maybe(??): 1885ca, Portrait de Louise Riesener, dr, 62×48, A2001/02/08 (iR15;iR11)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-92-4, Série de dessins. Maybe(??): 1886ca, Nu, dr, 31×25, A2008/12/02 (iR11;iR13;iR15)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-92-5, Série de dessins. Maybe(??): 1880-85, deux filles assises près d’une table, dr, 20×27, A2012/05/24 (iR11;iR13)
Berthe Morisot, 8IE-1886-92-6, Série de dessins. Maybe(??): 1880, Paysanne allongée, dr, 15×21, A2013/11/08 (iR11;iR13)
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-124, Tête laurée =? 1xxx, CR398, La Gloire, fusain, 53×37, A1987/11/12 (R182I,p160+no398+IV,p330;iR14) =? 3XX-1886-1, Tête laurée.
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-125, Le secret =!? 1886, CR1065, Le prisonnier (L’accusé), charcoal, 53×37, MoMa New York (R2,p464+446;R90II,p250+274;R90I,p433;R182,no1065;M41) =? 3XX-1886-4, Le secret.
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-126, Homme primitif =1872, CR836, Primitive man (sitting in the shades), dr+p, 39×34, AI Chicago (M20;R182II,p51=no836;R2,p445) =3XX-1886-2, Homme primitif =? LVM-1881-3. Compare: SdAF-1885-4970, Une lithographie: L’Homme primitif; Gravure.
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-128, L’intelligence =1885, CR157, Head of a small girl (On waking, I saw the GODDESS of the INTELLIGIBLE with her severe and hard profile), fusain, 61×46, Carnegie Pittsburgh (M35;R182,no157+IV,p330)
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-129, Tentation; appartient à M. J.K. Huysmans =1xxx, CR946, La Tentation, fusain, 22×20, private (R182II,p99+no946)
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-130, Béatrix; appartient à M. Maurice Fabre =18xx, CR144, Béatrice, fusain, 42×37, private (R182I,p68;R90II,p274+251;R2,p446) =? Le Gaulois 1882/02-2 =Bordeaux 1883-426 =? SdA-1904-11.
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-131, Paysage =?? 1868, CR611, SDbl, Le Paysage au grand chêne, fusain, 54×76, AI Chicago (M20;R182I,p236+no611;R2,p445) =Bordeaux 1868-519
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-132, Salomé; appartient à M. Brethous-Lafargue =1xxx, CR1152, Salomé (et la tête de Saint-Jean-Baptiste posée sur un plat), fusain, 21×18, NAMA Kansas City (R182II,p200+IV,p330+no1152;M42)
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-133, La désespérance; appartient à M. Ch. Hayem =? 1xxx, CR189, Femme souffrant, fusain, 45×37, private (R182I,p83+IV330+no189;R2,p446)
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-134, La Veuve =!? 1875ca, CR247, Head of a woman (Femme de profil), fusain, 36×33, KMM Otterlo (M72;R182,no247+IV,p330)
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-135, Prodil d’enfant =??? 1xxx, CR341, La Landaise, fusain, 48×35, private (R182I,p139+no341;R2,p446) =4XX-1887-1, La LandaiseXX87 =DR1894-39 =retrospective 1920-165
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-136, Lune noir. Compare: 1884-85, CR1181, Fleur de marécage, dr, 49×33, KMM Otterlo (iR6;iR10;M72;R182,no1181;R2,p446). Compare litho for ‘Hommage à Goya’ 1885.
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-137, Profil de lumière = 1881ca, CR266, Profil de lumière, charcoal, 35×23, MPP Paris (iR2;iR59;R90,no266;R2,p446;R231-1;M4) Compare: EU-1900-C-VIII-2644, Profil de lumière (1886); litho.
Odilon Redon: 8IE-1886-138, Paysage (appartient à M. Ch. Hayem) =?? 1880ca, CR1669, Landscape, dr, 47×36, MBA Bordeaux (iR2;R182,no1669;R2,p446;M11)
Georges Seurat: 8IE-1886-181, Une parade, dessin =1883-84ca, Sidewalk Show (Une Parade: clowns et poney), dr, 32×24, Phillips collection (Metropolitan) (iR6;iR8;iR10;iR59;R90II,p252+276;R90I,p431+461;R207,p123;M23)
Georges Seurat: 8IE-1886-182, Condoléances; dessin; appartient à M. J.K. Huysmans =1886, dH655, Réunion de famille, conté dr, 24×32, private (iR59;iR10;R2,p466+252;R90II,p252+276;R207,p123)
Georges Seurat: 8IE-1886-183, La banquiste; dessin; appartient à Mme Robert-Caze =!? 18xx, La banquiste (study for La parade), dr, 32×24, private (iR10;iR402;iR132;R90II,p252+276;R207,p123)
Paul Signac: 8IE-1886-199, Au Café-concert, dessin. Compare: Georges Seurat: 1887-88, Café-concert, dr, 31×24, Cleveland MA (iR10;M27;R2,p446;R90II,p253)
Paul Signac: 8IE-1886-201, L’Île des Ravageurs, appartient à M. Seurat =1885-86ca, Regattas on the Seine (at Argenteuil), dr, 20×30, Louvre (iR10;iR223;R39,no12;R90II,p253+278+294;R2,p446;M5)
Sepia drawings and grisaille: Some exhibied works are noted as sepia or as grisaille. Sépia is a brown-reddish colour; also used for grisaille paintings and in photograpy (iR3). A grisaille is a painting done in hues of grey; a brunaille is done in hues of brown; a verdaille in hues of green (iR3). When I look at sepia landscapes, the brown-reddish colour is not dominant and the hues in one range of colour is more dominant, see works of Asher Brown Durand (sepia oil, 1854; iR155), James O’Connor (drawing, 1813; see), Corot (1859?; iR114), J.A. Firmingen (aquarelle early 19th century; see), Alexander Blackwood (drawing late 19th century; see).
Overview number of drawings exhibited: At the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositionsheld from 1874-1886 in Paris there were about 111 drawings exhibited, about 5,4% of the total amount of 2053 art-works. 20 of the 57 partakers exhibited drawings. Most just showed just 1, 2 or 3 drawings. Lebourg, Rouart and Redon showed the largest amounts of drawings. Namely in 1879 and 1886 many drawings were exhibited, respectively 37 and 31. In 1882 just 1 and in 1877 just 2 drawings were exhibited by just 1 artist. Degas and Forain showed at 4 respectively 3 expositions drawings.
Account: The drawings exhibited at the ‘impressionist’ expositions often were not described in the reviews. Often the title is just ‘dessin’. Often the partakers didn’t date their drawings. All, this makes identification (almost) impossible. So I often just render some drawings of the partaker, just to give an impression of the drawings they made. Sometimes, it is suggested there was not a drawing exhibited, but a work made with pastel, aquarelle, thinned oil or a mix of those. Namely, this is the case with Degas and Forain. I avoid these suggestions, when there are no explicit arguments for it, and try to follow the notification of the catalogue. On the pages of the exhibited works of the partakers you will find several alternative suggestions (to compare). On this page I render only drawings or drawings that are a bit enhanced with other techniques, but that are still discernable as drawings. Sometimes, it is more likely the indicated ‘dessins’ were no drawings, this is also indicated here below and they are not counted as drawings and not rendered at this page. In the slideshows I also render for a ‘dessin’ works made with other techniques to compare, indicated here below with the catalogue number in orange. For many drawings I have no suggestions at all, this I render here below in red.
In 1874 the following 5 partakers exhibited drawings: Bracquemond 1x (catalogue no.23); Brandon 2x (no.30+32); Debras 1x (no.52); Meyer 1x (no.91bis). The catalogue indicates that Degas showed 4 drawings (nos.58+59+60+62); but maybe he used mixed techniques, but as long as more certain suggestions are given, I still assume they were all drawings. So in total there were probably 9 drawings exhibited, about 4% of the total amount of about 225 art-works.
In 1876 the following 4 partakers exhibited drawings: Cals 3x (catalogue no.33+34+35); Degas 1x (no.59); Jean-Baptiste Millet probably showed 2 (sépia) drawings (no. 145+146); Rouart showed 2 drawings, 1 with chinese ink (no.234) and 1 with sépia (no.235). So in total there were probably 8 drawings exhibited, about 2,7% of the total amount of about 298 art-works.
In 1877 only Morisot exhibited 2 drawings (catalogue no.130+131). So in total there were probably just 2 drawings exhibited, less than 1% of the total amount of about 249 art-works. Note: The numbers 58-60 of Degas ‘Dessins faits à l’encre grasse et imprimés’ probably were monotypes, so I will count them as engravings.
In 1879 the following 6 partakers exhibited drawings: Marie Bracquemond showed 3 large panels forming 1 large picture, so I will count it as 1 drawing and render 1 composed picture (catalogue no.1); Cals 5x (nos.41 +42 +43 +44 +45); Forain 1x (no.107); Lebourg 10x! (nos.128-137); Rouart 14x! (nos.214 +215 +216 +217 +218 +219 +220 +221 +222 +223 +224 +225 +226 +227); Somm maybe 6x (no.230). So in total there were maybe 37 drawings exhibited, about 13,6% of the total amount of about 272 art-works. This is quite much.
In 1880 the following 4 partakers exhibited drawings: the catalogue doesn’t render a technique for no.4 of Félix Bracquemond, but reviews indicate it was a drawing (note: there are also etchings of this portrait); Lebourg 10x! (nos.95-104); Jean-François Raffaëlli 1x (no.175); no.42+43 of Degas each contained at least 2 ‘dessins’, but as reviews noted probably (1 or) 2 of them were pastels, so I assume Degas showed 2 drawings. So in total there were probably 14 drawings exhibited, about 4,5% of the total amount of about 309 art-works. Note: probably the drawings of Forain were watercolours or gouaches so I won’t count them here (nos.47-52).
In 1881 the following 3 partakers exhibited drawings: Forain 4x (no.26-29); Raffaëlli 1x (no.120); Zandomeneghi 1x (no.168); assumably Degas exhibited probably 3 drawings (hc3). So in total there were 9 drawings exhibited, about 4,8% of the total amount of about 187 art-works.
In 1882Vignon, as only partaker, exhibited 1 study made with 4 pencils (no.203); this is less than 1% of the total amount of about 212 art-works.
In 1886 the following 7 partakers exhibited drawings: Marie Bracquemond 1x (no.1); Forain 1x (no.40; but maybe he used mixed techniques); Morisot exhibited a serie of at least 2, but I assume 6 drawings (no.92); though the catalogue didn’t indicate that Redon exhibited drawings, probably he showed 15! (nos.124-138); Seurat 3x (no.181-183); Signac 3x (no.199+200+201); no.217 of Tillot contained a collection of studies with Chinese ink; so at least 2, maybe more. So in total there were probably 31 drawings exhibited, about 10,3% of the total amount of about 301 art-works, half of them by Redon. This is quite much.
So, in total there were about 111 drawings exhibited at the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositions, 5,4% of the total amount of about 2053 art-works. In the slide-show you will find 87 (often uncertain) suggestions.
Overview missing drawings: Here below you will find an overview of 24 drawings for which I have no suggestion or just another work (in another technique) to compare, which I don’t include in the slideshow above.
Brandon: 1IE-1874-32, Exposition du corps de Sainte-Brigitte à Rome, en 1392 (carton fusain)
Cals: 4IE-1879-42, Le dimanche à Saint-Siméon, Honfleur (dessin); appartient à Mme R…
Debras: 1IE-1874-52, San Juan de la Rapita (Espagne); dessin
Meyer: 1IE-1874-91bis, Idylle, dessin
Rouart: 2IE-1876-235, Dans un parc (sépia) 4IE-1879-214, Château de Tour-Noël (dessin) 4IE-1879-215, Royat (dessin) 4IE-1879-216, Chateldon (dessin) 4IE-1879-217, Château de Chateldon (dessin) 4IE-1879-218, Thiers (dessin) 4IE-1879-219, Vue prise de Pau (dessin) 4IE-1879-220, Sous les Frênes (dessin) 4IE-1879-221, Port de Melun (dessin) 4IE-1879-223, Plaine de Brie (dessin) 4IE-1879-224, Sous les châtaigniers (dessin) 4IE-1879-225, Crozant (dessin) 4IE-1879-226, – (dessin) 4IE-1879-227, – (dessin)
Signac: 8IE-1886-200, Aux Tuileries; dessin; appartient à M. J.K. Huysmans
Tillot: 8IE-1886-217-1, Recueil de croquis à l’encre de Chine 8IE-1886-217-2, Recueil de croquis à l’encre de Chine
Vignon: 7IE-1882-203, Étude , quatre crayons
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Note: the given suggestions vary from certain (=!), to almost certain (=?!), to uncertain (=?), to very uncertain (=??), to most uncertain (=???), to compare (=compare🙂 another work of the artist. Sometimes I have no suggestion at all. See the accounts of the partaking artists in the left menu (or at the bottom).
My main sources are the catalogues of the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositions as rendered by Moffett (1986=R2), Berson (1996=R90I) and the Salon database (iR1). See the link for other general References (=Rx) and to the internet references (=iRx). See links for practical hints and abbreviations and for the subscription of the paintings.
For further reading: Debra J. DeWitte: Public exhibitions of drawing in Paris, France (1860-1890); a study in data-driven art history. Dissertation. Dallas, 2017/05. (See online link + link to PDF) (=R371) Note: drawings including pastels and aquarelles.
Chapter 5: Drawings exhibited by the Impressionists (1874 – 1886) (p.111-138).
Chapter 6: Drawings by Degas exhibited during his lifetime; the curatorial preferences of the artist. (p.139-170).
