Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:
Félix Bracquemond
(1833-1914)
at the 1st impressionist exposition in 1874
an impression of his exhibited art-works
Félix Bracquemond showed the most art-works in 1874 !
On this page you will find an accounted impression of the 33 art-works Félix Bracquemond exhibited at the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition of 1874. In 1874 Félix Bracquemond showed 32 etchings and 1 drawing, what made him in number of exhibited works the most important artist of the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1874. Several works he had exhibited earlier at the Salon . The etchings were presented within frames (catalogue numbers 23-28), number 24 depicted 12 portraits, number 25 five copies of paintings of other artists. If you click on the first picture you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
Art-works exhibited at the 1st impressionist exposition in 1874:
Félix Bracquemond: S1853-169 = EU1855-2619, Portrait de l’auteur; dessin =1853, Self-Portrait as an etcher, drawing enhanced with pastel and gold-toned paint, 93×68, Harvard Cambridge (iR10;iR135;iR1;R73,p7;R52,p8;R85III,no1;M32) =?? 1IE-1874-23, Portrait (dessin)
Félix Bracquemond: 1860, Portrait du Docteur Horace de Montègre, pastel, 59×45, Orsay (iR10;iR127;iR1;R231;R88;M1) =S1861-402, Portrait de M. le docteur H. de M…; dessin au pastel = EU-C-1889-II-63 (-> Officier LdH) =??? 1IE-1874-23, Portrait (dessin)
Félix Bracquemond: 1860ca, Croquis de Bracquemond, Portrait de l’auteur, dr, 10×17, A2015/11/26 (iR239;iR10) =??? 1IE-1874-23, Portrait (dessin)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-74-24, Cadre d’eaux-fortes: Portraits de MM.
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-1, portrait de M Robert. Now: 1873, B94-4, Portrait of Louis Robert, administrateur de Sèvres, etch, 34×24, Metropolitan (iR6;R2,p119;R90II,p15R85,no94)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-2, Portrait de M. Meyer Heine = 1872, B80-2, Meyer-Heine, chef émailleur de la manufacture de Sèvres, etch, 35×26, New York PL (iR61;R2,p119;R90II,p15+3;R85III,no80;R2,p119)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-3, Portrait de M. Hoschedé =1871, B63-2, Hoschedé, d’après nature, etch 2of2, 30×20, New York PL (iR61;iR10;R90II,p15;R2,p119;R85III,no63)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-4, Portrait de M Edwards. Now: 1872, B38, Edwin Edwards, etch, 16×15, BNF Paris (iR6;R73,p45;R2,p119;R90II,p15)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-5, Portrait de M Aug Comte =!? 1851, B22, Portrait of Auguste Comte, founder of the religion of humanity (1798-1857), etch, 19×14, New York PL (iR10;R52,p138-9;R85III,no22;R90II,p16+3;R2,p19)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-5, Portrait de M Aug Comte. Option 2: 1855, B23, portrait d’Auguste Comte, etch, 16×13, BNF Paris (iR61;R52,p156;R85,no23)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-6, Portrait de M. Ch. Kean. Now: 1871, B66, Charles Kean, etch, 23×17, in 1884, Gazette des Beaux-Arts + 1891/04, L’Artiste (iR6;iR48;R2,p119;R90II,p16)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-7, Portrait de M A Legros. Option 2: 1861, B73-1, Alphonse Legros, etch, 32×22, NSW Sydney (iR61;iR6;iR10;R85,no73;R90II,p16;R2,p119)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-7, Portrait de M A Legros. Option 1: 1861, B73-2, Alphonse Legros, etch, 17×12, Metropolitan (iR10;Mx;iR61;R2,p119;R85,no73;R90II,p16;M23)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-8, portrait de M Meryon. Option 1: 1853, B77, Charles Meryon, graveur, etch, 20×15, BNF Paris (iR61;R52,p35;R2,p119;R90II,p16;R85,no77)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-8, portrait de M Meryon. Option 2: 1854, B78, Portrait of Charles Meryon, etch, xx Metropolitan (iR6;R52,px;R85,no78)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-24-9, portrait de Th. Gautier. Now: 1857, B49, Théophile Gautier, etch, 16×12, BM London (iR6;iR61;iR1;R52,p171;R2,p119;R90II,p16;R87,p231). Also S1859-3529.
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-10, Portrait de M. Th. Gautier (le Tombeau) =1873, B50, Le tombeau de Théophile Gautier, etch 4of4, 35×26, New York PL (iR61;iR10;R85III,no50;R90II,p16+4;R2,p119)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-11, Portrait de M Baudelaire =!? 1861, B10, Charles Baudelaire (after his own drawing), etch, 35×26, New York PL (iR61;R87,p232;R2,p119;R90II,p17+4;R85III,no10)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-11, Portrait de M Baudelaire =? 1869, Portrait of Charles Baudelaire, after his own design of 1848, etch, 28×18, Metropolitan (M23;R85III,no13;R2,p119;R90II,p4)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-11, Portrait de M Baudelaire =?? 1869, B11, Baudelaire (after Emil de Roy, 1844), etch, 30×21, Cleveland MA (iR6;M27;iR10;R85III,no11;R90II,p4;R2,p119)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-11, Portrait de M Baudelaire =??? 1869, B13, Baudelaire after Courbet, etch, xx, New York PL (iR10;iR61;R85III,no13)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-24-12, Portrait de Madame Granger, d’après Ingres = 1867, B56-1, Madame Granger, d’après Ingres, etch, 28×20, Metropolitan (iR61;iR10;M23;R2,p119;R90II,p17+4;R85III,no56)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-74-25, Cadre d’eaux-fortes:
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-25-1, La Locomotive. Now: 1873, B336, Rain steam and speed (after Turner), etch, 22×26, Metropolitan (iR6;R2,p119;R90II,p17)
William Turner (1875-1851): 1844ca, Rail, Steam and Speed (the Great Western Railway), 91×122, National Gallery London (iRx;M61)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-25-3, Le Divan = 1863, B279, Young woman reclining, in Spanish costume (as a transvestite) (after Manet), etch, 30×42, New York PL (iR61;iR10;R88;;R2,p119;R90II,p17;R87,p232;R85III,no279)
Edouard Manet (1832-83): 1862-63, RW59, Reclining Young Woman in Spanish Costume, 95×114, Yale New Haven (iR6;aR1;R71,no52;R213,no67;R120,no59;M33) =Martinet-1863-130; =ENBA-1884-20, Jeune femme couchée, en costume espagnol (appartient à M. Nadar)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-25-4 Le Tournoi, d’après Rubens. Now: 1862-64, B274, A tournament (after Rubens), etch, 34×44, BM London (iR10;iR105;iR1;R2,p119;R90II,p17) =SdR1863-658 + S1864-2850.
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): 1635-40, Tournoi médiéval près des fossés d’un château, ow, 72×106, Louvre (iR127;M5)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-25-6, La Servante, d’après Leys =1868, B280-3, The servant (after Leys), etch, 14×23, New York PL (iR10;iR61;R90II,p18+4;R2,p119;iR10;R85III,no280)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-25-2, Le Lièvre, Now: 1872, B277, The Hare a Misty Morning (after A. de Balleroy), etch, 16×25, BNF Paris (iR10;R73,p39;R2,p119;R90II,p17)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-25-6, La Servante, d’après Leys =? 1868, B280-4-1, The servant (after Leys), etch, 25×15, BM London (iR10;iR61;R2,p119;R85III,no280;M147)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-25-5, La Source, d’après Ingres. Now: 1849-70ca, B275, The source (after Ingres), etch, 31×35, NYPL (iR61;R2,p119;R90II,p18)
Ingres (Jean-Auguste-Dominique; 1780-1867): 1856, La Source, 163×80, Orsay (M1)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-74-26, Cadre d’eaux-fortes:
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-1, Les Saules =!? 1852-82, B190, The willows of Mottiaux, etch 2of3, 20×30, New York PL (iR61=aR1;R90II,p18+4;R2,p119;R85III,no190)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-2, Les arbres de la manufacture à Sèvres =!? 1873, B209, Étude de paysage (Study of a landscape), etch 2of3, 14×32, New York PL (iR61;iR10;R73,p46;R90II,p18+4;R2,p119;R85III,no209)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-2, Les arbres de la manufacture à Sèvres =?? 1856ca, B123, Arbres dans le parc de Saint-Cloud (Trees in the Saint-Cloud park), etch, 16×21, xx (iR10;R52,p61;R2,p119;R90II,p4)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-3, Les Charmes =?? 1853, B131, Deux gros troncs de charme devant un mur (Two large hornbeam trunks in front of a wall), etch, 34×45, New York PL (iR61;iR10;iR6;R85,no131;R52,p50;R2,p119)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-4, Les Bouleaux =!? 18xx, B170, Les Bouleaux (Birch trees), etch, 21×15, New York PL (R90II,p18+4;R185III,no170;R2,p119)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-4, Les Bouleaux =? 1853, B128, Trois bouleaux avec un enfant (three birch trees with a child), etch, 13×9, private (iR61;R52,p49;R2,p119;R90II,p4;R85III,no128)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-5, La Montée de Bellevue =!? 1873, B210, Le chemin de Bellevue et deux maisons de la rue Brongniar, à Sèvres (The Bellevue road and two houses in the rue Brongniar, in Sèvres), etch, 10×32, Virginia MFA Richmond (iR10;R2,p119;R90II,p18+4;R2,p119;R85III,no210;M220)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-5, La Montée de Bellevue =? 1868, B188, La scierie du Bas Meudon (the sawmill), etch, xx, xx (iR10;iR241;iR6;iR1;R90II,p4;R2,p119;R185,no188) =S1870-5105 or 5106, Vues prises au Bas-Meudon
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-26-6, Le Mur = 1868, CR183, La Seine près de Passy, etch ps, 24×31, New York PL (iR61;R73,p43;R2,p119;R90II,p19+4;R85III,no183)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-26-7, Les Bachots. Now: 1858ca, B161, Bachots au bord de la Seine (Boats on the banks of the Seine), drypoint etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR61;R52,p73;R73,p37;R2,p119;R90II,p18)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-74-27, Cadre d’eaux-fortes:
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-27-1, Le Chemin du parc = 18xx, B208, The road in the parc, etch, 22×23, BNF Paris (R90II,p19+5;R85,no208;R2,p119)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-27-2, Frontispice pour les ‘Fleurs du mal’ = 1857, B378-1, frontispiece for Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal, etch, xx, BNF Paris (R87,p231;iR6;R73,p37;R90II,p19;R2,p119;R85III,no378)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-27-2, Frontispice pour les Fleurs du mal =!? 1861, B378-2, Unpublished frontispiece for Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal, etch 2/2, 18×12, Metropolitan (iR6;R73,p37;R2,p119;R90II,p19;R85III,no378;M23)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-27-3, Margot la critique = 1854, B113, Margot la Critique, etch 1/3, 22×19, Metropolitan (iR6;iR10;iR1;R52,p86-8;R2,p119;R90II,p19;R85III,no113) =EU/S1855-4602 =Lyon-1863-87 =EU-C-1889-?
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-27-4, Bois de Boulogne =!? 1857, B158, Le Bois de Boulogne (les cascades, etch, 16×12 or 55×35, Metropolitan (iR6;R52,p65;R90II,p19+5;R2,p119;R85III,no158;M23)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-27-4, Bois de Boulogne =? 1858ca, B157, Le Lac du Bois de Boulogne, etch, 15×20, Metropolitan (iR6,R52,p70;R85,no157;R90II,p5;R2,p119;M23)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-27-4, Bois de Boulogne =? 1857, B159, Extrémité du lac du Bois de Boulogne avec la cascade, etch, xx, xx (iR61;R85III,no159;R2,p119;R90II,p5)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-27-5, La mort de matamore (Capitaine Fracasse). Now: 1852-82, B177, The death of Matamore (topic taken from Capitaine Fracasse), etch, 16×23, BNF Paris (iR61;R2,p119;R90II,p20)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-74-28, Cadre d’eaux-fortes: Portrait d’Erasme (d’après Holbein)
Félix Bracquemond: 1IE-1874-28-1, Portrait d’Erasme (d’après Holbein; premier état) =1863, B39-1, Didier Erasme, etch 1of10, 25×20, New York PL (iR61;iR10;iR48;iR42;R85III,no39)
Félix Bracquemond, 1IE-1874-28-2, Portrait d’Erasme (d’apres Holbein; état éfinitif). Now: 1863, B39, Didier Erasme, print, 39×30, Louvre (iR10;iR42;iR1;R2,p119;R90II,p20). Also SdR1863-656 + S1864-2849.
Holbein II (1497-1543): Erasme, 43×33, Louvre (M5;iR10)
Clarification :
Many suggestions are quite certain, though mostly it is not clear which state of an etching Bracquemond showed. Sometimes I render two or more uncetain options. See my
account and
identification of paintings . Sometimes I render two options. The frames are compositions of my own phantasy using the accounted suggestions. My main sources for the pictures are the
NYPL digital collection (=aR1=iR61),
commons.wikimedia (=iR6) and Google images (iR10). See for the other sources at the bottom of the main page on
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