Introduction: At the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositions held from 1874-1886 in Paris there were also several aquarelles. Mostly these were watercolours, but sometimes gouaches. Both are based on water, but in a gouache the colours are much more opague / covering, which make them look more like an oil painting. Namely Morisot repeatedly exhibited aquarelles, Piette showed many gouaches, in 1882Pissarro also showed many gouaches. At the bottom of this page you will find a short accout per year.
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Zacherie Astruc, 1IE-1874-3-5, Les présents Chinois (Londres), aquarelle. Now: The Chinese presents, wc, 38x55cm, Flescher New York (iR6;R2,p124;R90II,p3+15)
Zacharie Astruc, 1IE-1874-3-6, Intérieur Parisien, aquarelle =1874, A Parisien interieur, gouache, 36x28cm, MBA Évreux (iR2;iR23;R87,p229;R90II,p15;R2,p118)
Zacharie Astruc, 1873, Scène de rue à Cuenca, wc, 57×80, MBA Pau (iR6;Mx) Compare: 1IE-1874-2, La Leçon du vieux torero (aquarelle).
Zacharie Astruc: 1867ca, Woman on her balcony, wc, 30×22, Kh Bremen (iR10;iR13;R2,p118;M58) Compare: 1IE-1874-3-1, Dames flamandes à leur fenêtre (aquarelle).
Eugène Boudin, 1IE-1874-22-2, Plage de Trouville (Aquarelles). Maybe?: 1865ca, A Couple Seated on the Beach with Two Dogs, watercolour, 17×21, NGA Washington (iR2;R2,p119;R87,p230;M21)
Eugène Boudin, 1IE-1874-22-3, Plage de Trouville (Aquarelles). Maybe: 1872/05/09, Crinolines on the Beach, wc, xx, private (iR2;R2,p119;R87,p230)
Eugène Boudin, 1IE-1874-22-4, Plage de Trouville (Aquarelles). Maybe?: 1866, Beach of Trouville, wc, 35×42, A2018/12/04 (iR11;R2,p119;R87,p230)
Edouard Brandon, 1IE-1874-31-1, Aquarelles. Maybe??: 1855, Paysage de bord de lac animé (or: Animals going to the lake of Tiberias; or: Leaving for the fields), wc, 12×26, A2018/05/18 (iR11;iR13;iR1;R2,p119)
Edouard Brandon, 1IE-1874-31-3, Aquarelles. Maybe??: 18xx, Rue à Alevasco, wc, 11×18, A2013/11/07 (iR13;iR1;R2,p119). Maybe also: S1870-3144, Quinze aquarelles; même numéro: Souvenirs d’Italie + HD1897/12/13-66, Escalier dans une ruelle à Rome (Aquarelle).
Edouard Brandon, 1IE-1874-31-5, Aquarelles. Maybe??: 1856-63 (18xx), La chapelle Sixtine à Rome, wc, 23×17, DAG Louvre (iR23;M5a;aR4;R2,p119). Maybe also: S1870-3144, Quinze aquarelles; même numéro: Souvenirs d’Italie. Maybe??: HD1897/12/13-??.
Edouard Brandon, 1IE-1874-31-6, Aquarelles. Maybe??: 1856-63 (18xx), Two Roman peasant women, wc, 28×14, DAG Louvre (iR23;M5a;iR1;R2,p119). Maybe also: S1870-3144, Quinze aquarelles; même numéro: Souvenirs d’Italie.
Berthe Morisot, 1IE-1874-110, Sur la falaise (aquarelle). Now: 1873, CR622, On the cliff, wc, 18×23, Orsay (iR10;iR166;iR59;R2,p122;R90II,p10)
Berthe Morisot, 1IE-1874-111, Dans le bois, aquarelle =1872, CR620, Young woman and child on a bench, wc, 33×23, Orsay (iR6;iR23;R90II,p10)
Berthe Morisot, 1IE-1874-112, … (no name; aquarelle). Perhaps: 1871, CR615, Woman and Child Seated in a Meadow, wc, 21×24, private (iR2;R2,p122;R90II,p10)
Ludovic Lepic, S1875-2499, Cabane de pêcheurs, à Torre del Greco (Italie); aquarelle =? 1871, A fisherman’s grotto (Naples), gouache, 27×38, A2015/07/08 (iR11;iR14;iR13;iR41;iR1;R2,p162) =?? 2IE-1876-132, Les souterrains du port de Naples (aquarelle)
Berthe Morisot, 2IE-1876-179, Avant d’un Yacht, aquarelle =1875, CR630, Before a Yacht, wc, 21×27, CAI Williamstown (iR10;iR134;iR2;R2,p163;R90II,p61)
Berthe Morisot, 2IE-1876-180, Entrée de la Midina, Île de Wight (aquarelle) =1875, CR632, Boats, Entry to the Medina in the Isle of Wight, 19×18, wc, FAM Cambridge (iR2;iR59;R2,p163;R90II,p43)
Berthe Morisot, 2IE-1876-181, Vue de la Tamise (aquarelle) =1875, CR631, Boat at a Dock, wc, 17×23, Marmottan (iR2;R90II,p43)
Léon-Auguste Ottin, 1882/07/03, Garçon assisse sur un plâteau dans Montmartre, wc, 24×33, BNF Paris (iR40;aR21;iR10;R2,p122) Compare: 2IE-1876-187, Le Plateau de la Butte
Léon-Auguste Ottin, 1883/06/02, Escalier de la rue du Mont-Cenis versant le nord (Montmartre, Paris), dr wc, 35×25, BNF Paris (iR10;iR40;aR21) Compare: 2IE-1876-189, La rue du Mont-Cenis (Butte Montmartre)+ 2IE-1876-195, 3e Rue du Mont-Cenis.
Léon-Auguste Ottin, 1883, Une rue de Montmartre (18e arr., Clignancourt), wc, 35×25, BNF Paris (collection Chauvet) (iR40;aR21;iR10) Compare: 2IE-1876-192, Petit rue Saint-Denis (Butte Montmartre)
Léon-Auguste Ottin, 1882/07/02, Escalier de la rue du Mont Cenis (Montmartre, 18e, Clignancourt), dr wc, 33×25, BNF Paris (iR10;iR40;R2,p264) Compare: 2IE-1876-189, La rue du Mont-Cenis (Butte Montmartre)+ 2IE-1876-195, 3e Rue du Mont-Cenis.
Léon-Auguste Ottin, 1876/07/18, Butte Montmartre – Grande Carrières, wc, 15×22, BNF Paris (iR40;aR21;iR10;iR120;R2,p164) Compare: 2IE-1876-195-7e, Entre les rues des Carrières et Marcadet
Paul Cézanne, 3IE-1877-30, Aquarelle, impression d’après nature. Probably: 1867-70, FWN1013, Rocks, wc, 23×35, Städel Frankfurt aM (iR194,no1013;iR10;iR132;R90II,p71+88;R2,p204)
Paul Cézanne, 3IE-1877-31, Aquarelle, impression d’après nature. Probably: 1867, FWN1014, La Route Montante, wc, 21×35, EBM Tokyo (iR194,no1014;R90II,p71+89;R2,p204)
Paul Cézanne, 3IE-1877-32, Aquarelle, fleurs =1865-79, FWN1900, Flowers and fruit, wc, 18×14, private (iR194,no1900;R90II,p71+89;R2,p204)
Berthe Morisot, 3IE-1877-127, Aquarelle. Maybe(?): 1876, CR636, Jeune femme en robe noir (young woman in a black dress), wc, 12×8, xx (iR6;R100,p63;R90II,p78)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-148, Fête des Fossés, à Pontoise (aquarelle). Compare: 1877, Fête, boulevard des Fossés, Pontoise, 85×125, MTD Pontoise (iR6;iR77;iR23;R2,p205;M173)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-149, Cirque forain (aquarelle). Maybe: 1875, SDbr, La Foire, Le Mans, 38×55, Axx (iR136;R2,p205). Compare: HD1877/03/24-11, Cirque Bazola (Foire de Mans), wc (R90II,p79/80;aR12=iR40)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-152, Vue de Pontoise (aquarelle). Maybe?: 1875, Vue prise en haut de la rue du Château, gouache, 63×43, MTD Pontoise (iR94;iR23;iR10;iR64;R2,p205;M173)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-153, Jardin de la Ville, au Mans (aquarelle). Maybe: 1875, SDbl, Figures in a Public Garden in Mans, g, 33×63, A1979/12/04 (iR136;iR15;iR2;iR13;iR6;iR11;iR17;R90II,p79/80;R2,p205) =S1876-2836, Vue du Mans; aquarelle (iR1); = HD1877/03/24-1, Vue de Mans, prise du jardin de la ville (Salon 1876) (aR12=iR40).
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-154, Fête de l’Hermitage à Pontoise (aquarelle). Compare: 1871/09/01, Jour de marché à Pontoise, gouache, 49×35, A2012/07/01 (aR4;iR10;R2,p205)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-156, Jardin (aquarelle). Maybe?: 18xx, Puits et dépendance d’un château sous la neige (le jardin sous la neige), gouache, 12×20, A2007/06/27 (iR13;iR10;R2,p205)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-157, Bois en automne (aquarelle) =? HD1875/03/23-53, Bois en automne, aquarelle. Maybe?: 1873, La marché dans la forêt (a walk in the forest), gouache, 12×29, A2006/03/23 (iR13;iR11;R2,p205;aR11=iR40)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-158, Chute des feuilles (aquarelle) =? HD1875/03/23-23 =? HD1879/02/20+21,no.57, La Chute des feuilles, wc. Maybe?: 1872, Paysage, mix, 24×34, A2014/02/26 (iR13;iR10;R2,p205;aR11=iR40;aR13=iR40)
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-160, Battage du grain à la mécanique (aquarelle). =!? 18xx, La Batteuse (the threshing machine), gouache, 23×32, HD1914/01/01-54 (iR40;R2,p205) =? HD1875/03/23-19, Battage de blés à la mécanique (aR11=iR40) =? HD1877/03/24, no.41, Battage de blés à la mécanique (Mayenne); or no.48, Battage de blés à la mécanique (R90II,p80;aR12=iR40).
Ludovic Piette, 3IE-1877-162, Fauche des foins (aquarelle). Maybe: 1876ca, Haymakers at Montfoucault (La fauche des foins), 30×36, A2011/03/16 (iR2;iR11;iR6;R2,p206)
Account: In 1874 the following partakers exhibited aquarelles: Astruc, at least 9 of which at least 2 were gouaches (no.1-3); Attendu 3x (nos.10-12); Boudin 4x (no.22); Brandon at least 2, I assume 6 (no.31); Lepic 4x (nos. 74-77); Morisot 3x (nos.110-112); Rouart 3x (No.154-156); Robert showed at least 2 aquarelles (no.160). So in total there were probably 34 aquarelles exhibited, about 15% of the total amount of art-works.
In 1876 the following partakers exhibited aquarelles: Lepic in total 14 (nos. 124-133); Jean-Baptiste Millet showed at least 5 aquarelles (nos 138-141 +147); Morisot 3 (no.179-181). The technique of Léon Ottin his art-works was not indicated in the catalogue; still it is suggested that 10 works were aquarelles (no.195+196), but it is even possible that all his 22 works were aquarelles; for the counting I assume 10. So in total there were probably 32 aquarelles exhibited, about 11% of the total amount of art-works.
In 1877 the following partakers exhibited aquarelles: Cézanne 3x (no.30-32); Morisot 2x (no.127-129); Piette 17x (nos.146-162), probably most of them were gouaches. So in total there were 22 aquarelles exhibited, about 9% of the total amount of art-works.
In 1882Pissarro exhibited 10 gouaches (nos.126-135), about 5% of the total.
