Félix Bracquemond: 5IE-1880-4, Portrait de M. Ed. de Goncourt = 1880, SDbr, (Portrait d’) Edmond de Goncourt (la main droite tenant une cigarette), stump+charcoal on canvas, 55×38, Orsay (M1;M5a;iR6;R2,p318;R85,no54-8;R90II,p159+145). Expo: =? 2XX-1885-1, Edmond de Goncourt. Compare etch (Beraldi no.54 =R85). Compare exhibited engravings: SdAF-1881-4603, Une gravure: Edmond de Goncourt (->1st class medal); EU-OdA-1889-cl.5-2374, Une gravure (eau-forte): Portrait de M. Edmond de Goncourt (S.1881); EU-C-1900-2275, Portrait d’E. de Goncourt; eau-forte originale.
Introduction:
On this page you will find an accounted impression of the art-works Félix Bracquemond exhibited at the 5th ‘impressionist’ exposition of 1880. He showed 1 drawing↑ and a serie of etchings↓, according to Burty around 20, I assume 25. See my account and the explanation at the bottom of this page.
Note: If you double click on the first picture (of a cluster) and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B530, Rousseau no.1, Pheasant and reed, etch, 27×42, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B532, Rousseau no.3, Fish, flowers, butterfly, etch, 27×42, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B534, Rousseau no.5 (or 2), Large rooster, hen, insects, lizard, plants, etch, 27×43, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B535, Rousseau no.6, Large duck, cricket, crab, plants, etch, 27×42, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B536, Rousseau no.7, Ducks and water leaves, etch, 28×42, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B537, Rousseau no.8, Swallow, rooster, flowers, etch, 28×42, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B538, Rousseau no.9, Rooster, pheasant, stingray, plants, etch, 28×43, BNF Paris (iR40;R73,p13)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B540, Rousseau no.11, Duck with extended wings, quails, butterfly, dragonfly, snail, grasshopper, flowers, etch, 42×28, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B541, Rousseau no.12, Ducks, cocks, fish, etch, 28×43, BNF Paris (iR40;R73,p13)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B547, Rousseau no.18, Pheasant, cock, sparrow, etch, 25×34, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B548, Rousseau no.19, Big fish (carp), etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR41;R73,p40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B550, Rousseau no.21, Lobster, etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR61;iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B551, Rousseau no.22 (or 15), flowers and insects, etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR40;R73,p40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B552, Rousseau no.23, flowers and insects, etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B554, Rousseau no.25, Rooster, bindweed, etch, 25×34, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B531, Rousseau no.2 (or 5), Large flowers, butterfly, snail, etch, 43×27, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B533, Rousseau no.4, Water plants, butterfly, etch, 27×42, BNF Paris (iR40;R73,p13)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B539, Rousseau no.10, Lobster, plants, birds and fishes, etch, 43×28, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B543, Rousseau no.14, Rooster, duck, fish, plant, etch, 26×43, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B544, Rousseau no.15 (or 22), flowers and insects, etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B545, Rousseau no.16, Butterflies, fish, etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR40;R73,p41)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B549, Rousseau no.20, Roosters, ducks, goose, pheasant, etch, 25×35, BNF Paris (iR40)
Félix Bracquemond, 5IE-1880-5, Eaux-fortes pour décoration… Probably: 1866, B553, Rousseau no.24, Fish, crab, shrimp, shellfish, etch, 35×25, BNF Paris (iR40)
Explanation:
The title in the catalogue for no.5 was ‘Eaux-fortes pour décoration de services de faïence et de porcelaine’ (Eng.: Etchings for decoration of earthenware and porcelain services). Probably Bracquemond exhibited prints of the 25 etchings he had made for the Rousseau dinner service: ‘Motifs pour le décor d’un service de table en faïence de la maison Rousseau’ (Motifs for the decoration of an earthenware dinner service from the house of Rousseau). I found most of the prints at gallica.bnf.fr (aR9=iR40). I reworked all the pictures, added English titles and sometimes rotated them. I render the horizontal and the vertical pictures together. In the subscriptions I render the number from the Beraldi catalogue of 1885, no.B530-B554 (=R85=aR14) and the number of the Rousseau plates, 1-25. (I wonder if the numbers 2 and 5 and also 15 and 22 are interchanged (already by Beraldi). See my account. Other 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 Félix Bracquemond. See link for explanation of the subscriptions.
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