Albert Lebourg: 1906, Sbr, Le Jardin du Docteur Viau, 73×98, A2023/06/07 (iR17)
Introduction: This page renders short information on George Viau, his art-collection and the auction sales of his collection. The emphasize is on the works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions.
For more info and pictures I can recommand the following website: georgeviau.fr, website on Viau and his collection (=iR493). Note: the page his just been started.
Short biography: George Viau was born 1855/03/29 in Paris. In 1859 the family moved to Saint-Petersbourg in Russia. His father died 1871/01/14. The family returned to Paris. George first was a dentist and since 1880 he had his own dentist school. He married 1882/09/11, they had 3 children: Alice, Louis and Blanche. They lived at 16, Avenue de l’Opera. Since 1887 they had an appartment at 47, Boulevard Haussmann. Since 1908 a house at 109, Boulevard Malesherbes. In 1896 he bought a property in Villennes-sur-Seine, about 30km west from Paris. He commanded Georges d’Espagnat and Maurice Denis to make decorative paintings. Many painters did visit Viau in Villenes. Since 1930 he also rented an appartment at 39, rue d’Artois in Paris, where he held part of his collection.
In his early years George Viau met comte Armand Doria and around 1881 he visited his Château d’Orrouy. Here he also met Henri Rouart. Later Viau did meet Degas at Rouart his home.
George Viau also was acquinted with Pissarro and Sisley.
Viau is mentioned in correspondances of the impressionists. Between Camille and Lucien Pissarro (1893); between Camille Pissarro and Monet (1894/10); between Renoir and Durand-Ruel (1903).
Viau was an amateur piano player and painter. He did copy two paintings of Renoir.
George Viau died 1939/12/18 at the age of 84. Sources: iR493; R88II,p71-73;
Edgar Degas: 1867-74ca, CR357, Melancholy, 19×25, Phillips Washington (iR10;iR6;iR8;aR23;R90II,p35+49;R90I,p86+290;R114,no357;M29) =? 2IE-1876-43, Portrait, le soir; Provenance: former Viau collection
Alfred Sisley: 1890, SDbr, CR744=CCPP834, Sunny afternoon, old willows along the Loing, 55×46, A1980/10/22 (iR2;iR14) Provenance: Viau; 1897 Montaignac; Expos: GP1897-47; GP1917-60.
Alfred Sisley: 1893, SDbr, CR821=CCPP929, The Church at Moret-sur-Loing, rainy morning, 81×65, ML Baden (iR2;R129,no821;R396,no929) Provenance: sale atelier Sisley GP1899/05/01-12 -> Viau; sale DR1907/03/21-78. Expo: Dresden-1904-2284.
An art-collector: George Viau gathered a very large art-collection.
He first started to buy drawings, watercolours and small scaled paintings, namely of Cals and Vignon. 1890 onwards he started to buy paintings of Renoir, Cézanne, Caillebotte, Pissarro and Sisley. Many works he did buy directly from the artist. But, he also did buy at auction sales, namely from the collections of Murer (1896), Sisley (1899), Doria (1899), Degas (1918 +1919) and Hazard (1919).
More later Viau also collected works of Albert André, Édouard Vuillard, Georges d’Espagnat, Maurice Denis, Maximilien Luce, etc.
His collection included 150 works of Degas.
After his sales in 1907, 1909 and 1930 he made new purchases again and renewed his collection.
In 1925 Waldemar George wrote en article on his collection in L’Amour de l’art.
For more info see the auction sales. Sources: iR493; R88II,p71-73;
Alfred Sisley: 1892, SDbr, CR803=CCPP923, Une après-midi au milieu de l’été (An afternoon in mid-summer), 65×81, private (R396,no923;R129,no803;iR1) Expos: SNBA-1893-974, Une après-midi du milieu de l’été; LE-1904,164. Provenance: sale atelier Sisley GP1899/05/01-6; Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-70.
Alfred Sisley: 1894, SDbr, CR835=CCPP934, The church at Moret-sur-Loing, evening, 81×100, private (iR2;iR1;R129,no835;R396,no934) Expo: SNBA1896-1149, Eglise de Moret (le soir). Provenance: sale atelier Sisley GP1899/05/01-13 -> Viau; sale HD1908/02/20-37.
Alfred Sisley: 1867, CR5=CCPP9, Still-Life, Heron with spread wings, 81×100, MF Montpellier (iR2; iR11;R53,p46;R1,p182;R166,p96;R129,no5;R396,no9;M14). Expo: =?? S1867-R; BJ1907-84. Provenance: sale HD1903/11/24-31 -> Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-68. Location: studio of Bazille.
Victor Vignon: 1880ca, Still-life with Oranges, 34×42, Baltimore MA (?) (iR2;iR94;M24) Provenance: Armand Doria; GP1899/05/04-231, Sucrier et oranges, 34×45 (aR14=iR40;R232;R154);
A lender to expositions: George Viau never did lent an art-work to the ‘impressionist’ expositions held from 1874-1886 (R90II,p).
But, he was an important lender to many other expositions:
the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, namely works of Sisley;
the Centennial exposition in 1900; Note: more info will follow.
Alfred Sisley: 1893, SDbr, CCPP931, The Church at Moret-sur-Loing, rainy day, morning, 66×81, HAG Glasgow (iR155;iR10;iR173;iR2;R5,p189;R38;R396,no931;M186) Provenance: Viau; Expos: SNBA1896-1150, Eglise de Moret (temps de pluie), appartient à M. le Dr Viau.
Eugène Boudin: 1875, SDbr, Le port de Bordeaux, vu du quai des Chartrons, 55×91, MBA Reims (iR23;iR1;M190) =? S1875-267, Le port de Bordeaux, vu du quai des Chartrons; Provenance: Vasnier; Mme de Lancie. Compare: EU-1900-C-53, Le port de Bordeaux (à M. Viau; S1875).
Paul Cézanne: 1879-82, V341=FWN780, Sbl, Still life with fruit bowl, 46×55, MoMa New York (iR10;M41;iR493;iR261;iR194,no780;iR19;R231-1;R48,no452;R189,no341) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/02-04, no.13 (19.000fr). Expos: EU-1900-C-86, Nature morte: fruits (appartient à M. Viau); Vienna-EdI-1903-62; 11LE-EPI-1904-13; Budapest-NIK-1910-15, Still life, lent by Marcel Nemes.
Alfred Sisley: 1875, SDbl, CR176=CCPP187, La Seine à Port-Marly, tas de sable, 55×74, Chicago AI (M20;iR6;iR2;R53,p94;R17,p103;iR3info;iR493;R129,no176;iR19;R396,no187;R88II,p452;R231-1) Provenance: =??? HD1875/03/24-67, La Seine aux environs de Paris (54×73) -> Lecorf (?) (125fr); Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-74 (16.300fr); Bernheim-Jeune. Expos: compare: 1IE-1874-163, La Seine à Port-Marly; =GP1897-19; =EU-1900-C-614, La Seine à Port-Marly 1875 (à M. Viau); =GP1917-64.
Alfred Meyer: 18xx, Venus au bain, email, 21×8 (36×21), private (iR493,GV2143) =!? EU-1900-C-X-2884, Émail (à M. Viau).
Daumier (1808-79): 1860-63, CR152, L’amateur d’estampes (The print collector), 40×32, AI Chicago (iR493;iR10;R231-1;M20) Provenance: Corot; HD1875/05/26-663; Jacquot; !? Vever; !? Viau. Expos:=EU-1900-C-182, L’Amateur (à M. Viau); EdBA-1901-81; =? 17LE-1910.
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904): 1861, L’artiste (Portrait de Fantin), 81×65, Bührle Zurich (iR493;iR1;R231-1;M85) Provenance: Viau (GV937). Expos: =S1861-1059, Etude d’après nature; =EU-1900-C-283, Portrait de l’artiste par lui-même (à M. Viau).
The auction sales: There have been several auction sales of parts of the collection of George Viau. Here below you will find some info. The emphasis is on the art-works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions.
1907/03/04: 1st auction of paintings (1-79) and pastels + watercolours (80-89) of Georges Viau: auction of 89 works; 79 paintings; with extended decriptions and many pictures*;
Including of Boudin (1*+2*), Cals (3*+4), Cassatt (9*+10), Cézanne (11*-13*), Degas (81-84*****), Gauguin (19*+20), Guillaumin (21-29****), Lebourg (30-35**), Lépine (36*+37), Monet (38-42*****), Morrisot (43*+88), Pissarro (44-52***** +89*), Renoir (53-67****) and Sisley (68-79*9x).
This included:
Works of Gauguin: 2CR192=W158 (=19); 2CR135=W110(+112) (=20) (R181).
Claude Monet: CR479 (=41) +529 (=42) +717 (=40) +1001 (=39) +1344 (=38) (R22IV,p1055)
Works of Pissarro: CCP287 (=47), 362 (=51), 480 (=50), 803 (=52), 959 (=49), 1008 (=48), 1083 (=44), 1190 (=45), 1191 (=46) (R116).
Works of Sisley: CCPP9 (=68) +13 (=78) +64 (=77) +187 (=74) +200 (=79) +430 (=76) +493 (=72) +702 (=75) +719 (=69) +767 (=71) +923 (=70) (R396,p525). Sources: 1907/03/02: “Collection de M. George Viau.” In Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME). European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. Last modified Jul 27, 2020. http://exhibitions.univie.ac.at/exhibition/1239 =iR261;iR272; dn721107.ca.archive.org =iR19 + iR19,dn720802; R244; iR493; R88II,p71;
Edgar Degas: 1884ca, The Mante family, pastel, 88×49, Philadelphia MA (M28;iR10;iR13;R231+2;iR493;iR261) =EU-1900-C-II-882, La famille Mante; pastel (à M. Viau); Vienna-EdI-1903; Viau sale DR1907/03/04-81 (22.000fr).
Paul Gauguin: 8IE-1886-45, Un coin de la mare =!? 1885, W158=2CR192, SDbl, Cattle drinking (Cows at the watering place), 81×65, GAM Milan (iR2;R90I,p442/3;R36,no22;R181,no192;R128,no158;R2,p444+457;R90II,p242+261;M107) Provenance: ? Vollard; Viau (400fr; 1895/04/03; DR1909/03/04-19; Druet.
Auguste Renoir: 1876ca, 1F240=2CR207, Under the Arbor at the Moulin de la Galette, 81×65, Pushkin (iRx;iR19;iR493;R30=R193,no240;R185,no207;M96) Sitters: Monet, Sisley, Goeneutte. Provenance: Murer; 1896 Viau; sale DR1903/03/04-53, La Tonnelle (26.000 or 28.300fr); Morozov. Expos: =??? EU-1900-C-23 (R185); Vienna-1903-EdI-49; 2SdA-1904-1.
Honoré Daumier (1808-79): 1860ca, Le drame, 98×91, Pinakothek Munich (iR493;R231-1;iR261;iR19;M53) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/02-04,no.14 (28.100fr); =EU-1900-C-183, Le Drame (à M. Viau); EdBA-1901-82; Vienna-EdI-1903-18.
Paul Cézanne: 1879-82, V341=FWN780, Sbl, Still life with fruit bowl, 46×55, MoMa New York (iR10;M41;iR493;iR261;iR194,no780;iR19;R231-1;R48,no452;R189,no341) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/02-04, no.13 (19.000fr). Expos: EU-1900-C-86, Nature morte: fruits (appartient à M. Viau); Vienna-EdI-1903-62; 11LE-EPI-1904-13; Budapest-NIK-1910-15, Still life, lent by Marcel Nemes.
Edgar Degas, 1875-81ca, CR654, The dance lesson, pastel, 48×63, private (iR377;R26,no770;R114,no654;R2,p204;R90I,p181) =Viau sale 1901/03/04-108 =?? =?? 3IE-1877-48, Classe de danse
Armand Guillaumin: 1900ca, Le Pont Charrant, Gelée blanche, Crozant, 65×81, A2018/05/15 (iR11;iR261) Compare: Viau sale, DR1907/03/02-25. Écluse du Pont Charrant (Creuse); Gelée blanche, 1899
Armand Guillaumin: 1905ca, CR653, La vallée au pont Charraud, 65×81, A2008/05/07 (iR15;iR261;R124,no653) =? Viau sale, DR1907/03/02-25. Écluse du Pont Charrant (Creuse); Gelée blanche, 1899
Armand Guillaumin: 1900ca, CR479, Rochers de Genetin-sur-Creuse, 73×92, A2018/11/13 (iR14;iR261;R124,no479) =!? Viau sale, DR1907/03/02-23, Rochers de Génetin sur la Creuse.
Armand Guillaumin, 8IE-1886-68, Prairie à Damiette =!? 1885, CR137, Village sur le côteau, vallée de Chevreuse, 90×116, A2018/11/13 (iR11;iR14;R2,p445;R90I,p428+447) =!? Viau sale, DR1907/03/02-21. Paysage; Damiette (Seine-et-Oise), 1885.
Armand Guillaumin, 7IE-1882-31, Le côteau de Chatillon. Compare: 1880ca, CR90, the Chevreuse Valley, 65×92, A2014/05/08 (iR2;iR11;iR14;R2,p394). Compare: Viau sale, DR1907/03/02-27, Printemps (Vallée de Chevreuse).
Albert Lebourg: 1xxx, Sbl, Le bas de Meudon depuis les hauteurs de Bellevue, 44×63, A2017/11/14 (iR15;iR1;iR261) Compare: Viau-DR1907/03/02, no31, Panorama de la Seine à Bellevue.
Albert Lebourg: 1xxx, Sbr, Le Port (Bassin) de Dieppe et le Pollet, 36×65, A2012-01-26 (iR15;iR78;iR11;iR10;iR261) =!? =DR1907/03/02-33, Le Port de Dieppe. (Viau sale) =Dresden-1914-2162
Claude Monet: CR529, 1879, The Seine at Vetheuil, 54×73, private (iRx;R22+R127,CR529;R2,p265). Provenance: Catin (1879/11); HD1895/04/19-49); Durand-Ruel; Viau (1900); DR1907/03/04-42. Expos: =?? 4IE-1879-166+hc3, unknown title (Vétheuil); =Dresden-1897-409.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR717, SDbl, Pourville près Dieppe, 60×81, A1992/11/13 (iR6;iR94;iR10;iR7;R22,no717) Provenance: 1892 Boussoud, Valadon & Cie; 1892 Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-40; Durand-Ruel?; Expos: Zurich-Kh-FI-1908-17; New York-DR1915/12-6.
Auguste Renoir: 1872-74ca, Sbr, 1F94=2CR119, Quai Malaquais, 38×46, A2002/06/21 (iR6;iR10;R30=R193,no70+94;R190,no90;R185,no119;R460,no25;R88II,p451) Provenance: =? HD1875/03/24-37, Vue de Paris (Institut; 38×46) -> Léon Monet (70fr); Depeaux; sale HD1901/04/25 -> Viau (6.000fr); Viau sale DR1907/03/04-65 (7650fr). Location: in the distance the Pont du Caroussel.
Alfred Sisley: 1867, CR5=CCPP9, Still-Life, Heron with spread wings, 81×100, MF Montpellier (iR2; iR11;R53,p46;R1,p182;R166,p96;R129,no5;R396,no9;M14). Expo: =?? S1867-R; BJ1907-84. Provenance: sale HD1903/11/24-31 -> Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-68. Location: studio of Bazille.
Alfred Sisley: 1892, SDbr, CR803=CCPP923, Une après-midi au milieu de l’été (An afternoon in mid-summer), 65×81, private (R396,no923;R129,no803;iR1) Expos: SNBA-1893-974, Une après-midi du milieu de l’été; LE-1904,164. Provenance: sale atelier Sisley GP1899/05/01-6; Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-70.
Alfred Sisley: 1882ca, Sbr, CR459=CCPP493, Le canal du Loing et l’écluse de Bourgogne à Moret, gelée, 54×73, private (iR6;R129,no459;R396,no493) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-72. Expo: GP1897-49.
Alfred Sisley: 1875, SDbl, CR176=CCPP187, La Seine à Port-Marly, tas de sable, 55×74, Chicago AI (M20;iR6;iR2;R53,p94;R17,p103;iR3info;iR493;R129,no176;iR19;R396,no187;R88II,p452;R231-1) Provenance: =??? HD1875/03/24-67, La Seine aux environs de Paris (54×73) -> Lecorf (?) (125fr); Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-74 (16.300fr); Bernheim-Jeune. Expos: compare: 1IE-1874-163, La Seine à Port-Marly; =GP1897-19; =EU-1900-C-614, La Seine à Port-Marly 1875 (à M. Viau); =GP1917-64.
Alfred Sisley: 1868ca, Sbr, CR10=CCPP13, Path near the Parc de Courances, 40×65, A2011/06/21 (iR2; iR15;iR11;R38;R166,p91;R88II,p72;R129,no10;R396,no13) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-78; Bernheim-Jeune. Expo: GP1897-114.
Alfred Sisley: 1875, SDbl, CR157=CCPP200, L’Abreuvoir de Marly, neige, 38×55, private (iR3;R166,p172;R129,no157;R396,no200) Provenance: Ernest May; sale GP1890/06/04-69; Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-79; Bernheim-Jeune. Expos: GP1897-17; GP1899-78.
1907/03/21+22: “Collection de M. George Viau (Deuxième Vente) of Georges Viau.”
auction of 196 works, 92 paintings (1-92); 92 pastels, watercolours and drawings (93-184); etchings and litho’s (185-192):
including of Boudin (7-9 +94-97), Brandon (10), Caillebotte (12), Cals (13+14), Cassatt (99+100+185), Cézanne (17), Colin (20), Degas (108-110), Forain (119-123), Gauguin (33+34), Guillaumin (35-38 +125-127), Lebourg (44-47), Pissarro (56-65 +154-156), Redon (67), Renoir (68-74 +157+158), Schuffenecker (75), Seurat (175), Signac (76 =CR161), Sisley (77-80 +176+177), Vignon (84-90) and Zandomeneghi (91+92 +184).
This included:
of Pissarro: CCP52 (=65), 381 (=60), 469 (=61), 471 (=58), 479 (=62), 497 (=67), 507 (=56), 509 (=63), 578 (=57), 582 (=59) (R116)
of Sisley: CCPP171 (=77) +325 (=80) +392 (=79) +929 (=78) +P26 (=126; sic?) (R396,p525) Sources: In Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME). European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. Last modified Sep 8, 2020. http://exhibitions.univie.ac.at/exhibition/1240 =iR261;iR272; dn720706.ca.archive.org + dn720507.ca.archive.org =iR19; iR494,452333; R244; iR493; R88II,p72;
Armand Guillaumin, 1877ca, CR53, le Quai d’Austerlitz, 40×62, Indianapolis MA (iR6;iR8;iR22;R2,p311;R90II,p150;R124,no53;M165) =!? 5IE-1880-64, Port d’Austerlitz =!? 6IE-1881-44, Quai d’Austerlitz = former Durand-Ruel collection =? Viau sale DR1907/03/19-37, Le Quai d’Austerlitz, Mars.
Armand Guillaumin: 6IE-1881-47, Route de Vanves-à-Clamart =? 1872-73ca, Rue de Clamart à Vanves, 50×62, A2005/02/09 (iR2;iR11;R2,p354) =!? Viau sale, DR1907/03/19-38, La Rue de Clamart à Vannes, Juin 1873; 4 heures de l’après-midi.
Armand Guillaumin: 1xxx, Impressionist haystacks landscape, pastel, 53×63, A2011/01/22 (iR11;iR261) =? Viau sale, DR1907/03/19-125. Les Gerbes de blé (pastel, 51×65)
Albert Lebourg: 1891-95, Sbl, Notre-Dame de Paris par temps de neige, 46×65, MBA Lille (iR10;iR108;iR23;iR127;iR261;M17) =expo Rosenberg 1903 =? Viau-DR1907/03/19, no45, Le Quai Notre-Dame
Camille Pissarro: 3IE-1877-178, Basse-cour, pluie =1877, CCP497, The hens, barnyard at the Red house, Pontoise, 33×41, private (iR10;iR94;R116,CCP497;R2,p206) Provenance: Viau; DR1907/03/21-64; Viau; HD1942/12/11-113. Expos: DR1904-45.
Victor Vignon, 5IE-1880-217, Rue à Clamart. Maybe?: 1875, Sbl, Entrance to a Village (La route bordée d’arbres), 46×55, A1996/06/25 (iR2;iR13;R2,p314;iR1;R90I,p263) =? DR1907/03/21-84, Sbl, Le chemin de Saint-Michel à Montbuisson, 46×55, Former Viau collection (R272,p30;aR7=iR261)
Victor Vignon: EU-1900-C-660, Nature morte (à M. Viau); Viau sale DR1907/03/21-86. Compare:
Victor Vignon: 1878-85, Sbl, Surroundings of Nesle-la-Vallée, 27×41, A1997/10/22 (R272,no12;iR13;aR1) Provenance: Viau; DR1907/03/21-87, Sbl, Paysage, environs de Nesles-la-Vallée, 27×41 (R272,p30;aR7=iR261)
Victor Vignon, 18xx, Str, Nature morte aux carottes et aux oignons (Still life with carrots and onions), on panel, 19×25, A2008/12/12 (iR13;aR1). Compare: DR1907/03/21-89, Sbl, Nature morte, fromage, radis et pot d’étain (avec oignons à la pelure dorée), 32×40, former Doria and Viau collection (R272,p30;aR7=iR261)
Victor Vignon: 1878-82, Sbr, Still-life with apples and nuts, 24×33, private (R272,no9) Provenance; Viau; DR1907/03/21-90, Sbr, Nature morte, Pommes et noix, 24×33 (R272,p30;aR7=iR261)
Albert Lebourg: 1875, SDbr (Alger 1875), Une rue à Alger, 46×37, MBA Rouen (HW;iR2;iR78;iR23;R2,p268;R90II,p113;R231-3;M12) Provenance: Depeaux collection catatalogue 1911, p177. Expos: =? 4IE-1879-111, Boutique Arabe; =? 4IE-1879-109+110, Une rue à Alger; Compare: EU-1900-Algérie-D-60, Rues d’Alger (=!? Viau sale DR1907/03/19-47, Une Rue à Alger; 1872; SDbr, 41×27); =?? EU-1900-Algérie-D-61, Boutiques arabes.
Camille Pissarro: 4IE-1879-175, Château des Mathurins, soleil couchant =CCP507, 1877, Les Mathurins, Pontoise, 73×59, A2006/11/09 (iR10;iR132;iR11;R116,CCP507;R2,p270;R90II,p118+138) Provenance: Murer (1877); Viau; DR1907/03/21-56.
Camille Pissarro: 4IE-1879-187, Petit bois, poules et canards =1878, CCP578, The path to Les Pouilleux, Pontoise, 73×60, private (iR10;iR6;iR64;R116,CCP578;R2,p270;R90II,p118+138). Provenance: Murer (1879ca); Viau; DR1907/03/21-57; Vollard.
Auguste Renoir: S1867-R, Diana la chasseresse = 1867, SDbr, Diana the Huntress, 199×130, NGA Washington (iR2;R108,no30;R30,no20;R190,no20;R185,no578;R31,p180;M21) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/21-68; Expo: =BJ1900-40.
Alfred Sisley: 1893, SDbr, CR821=CCPP929, The Church at Moret-sur-Loing, rainy morning, 81×65, ML Baden (iR2;R129,no821;R396,no929) Provenance: sale atelier Sisley GP1899/05/01-12 -> Viau; sale DR1907/03/21-78. Expo: Dresden-1904-2284.
1909/12/06 + 07, Estampes modernes; collection M. George Viau ; with short descriptions and some pictures; note: a catalogue number often contained several engravings (1-338);
Including: Bracquemond (12), Cassatt (28-32), Cézanne (33), Degas (38), Desboutin (44), Forain (62), Guillaumin (68), Lepic (174), Monet (192=lithographes after paintings), Camille Pissarro (201-208), C, L +G Pissarro (209), Redon (219), Renoir (220-222), Sisley +Signac +Maufra +Vignon (308 =5 landscapes) .
Also including Toulouse-Lautrec (93-160), Félicien Rops (231-301 +after FR 302-305). Sources: iR40//bpt6k1270143p; iR493; R88II,p72;
1930/05/15: Tableaux modernes; collection M. X (=George Viau) at Hôtel Drouot; including 30 watercolours etc, 70 paintings (31-100), 2 sculptures and ceramics (101+102); with short descriptions and some pictures*;
Including: Boudin 3+4), Cals (38-43), Cordey (49), Degas (8-13), Forain (15-18), Guillaumin (60-62), Lebourg (23+78), Pissarro (26+84+85), Renoir (28+89), Rouart (90), Schuffenecker (92). Sources: iR494//271851; iR493; R88II,p73;
Albert Lebourg: 1889, 1CR620, SDbl, The Algerian Palace on the banks of the Seine, Exposition Universelle of 1889, 39×74, private (iR2;iR1;iR494;R390,no620) Provenance: George Viau; sale HD1930/05/15-78 (15.300fr) Expo: =? Mulhouse-1902-213, Bords de la Seine pendant l’Exposition de 1889 (appartient à M. Fritz Rivoire).
1931/05/29: collection M. X (=George Viau) at Hôtel Drouot; containing oriental objects.
Note: This is outside the scope of this website. Sources:iR493;
George Viau died 1939.
There have been 4 posthumous auction sales:
1942/12/11: first posthumous sale collection de M. George Viau at Hôtel Drouot: with short descriptions and several pictures*; including 40 watercolours, etc., 34 pastels etc. by Degas (41-74), 49 paintings (75-123) and 4 sculptures (124-127)
Including: Boudin (6), Cézanne (78*), Degas (41-74 +84-94), Forain (23+101), Gauguin (102*), Guillaumin (103), Lebourg (104*), Monet (107*), Morisot (27), Pissarro (28-32 +108-115*), Renoir (34 +116*+117*), Sisley (118*-120), Vignon (121).
Claude Monet: CR1117 (=107) (R22IV,p1055)
Of Pissarro: CCP 114 (=108 -/-), 199 (=109), 497 (=113), 522 (=111), 535 (=112), 1365 (=114) Sources:iR242//53219; iR493; R88II,p73;
Camille Pissarro: 3IE-1877-178, Basse-cour, pluie =1877, CCP497, The hens, barnyard at the Red house, Pontoise, 33×41, private (iR10;iR94;R116,CCP497;R2,p206) Provenance: Viau; DR1907/03/21-64; Viau; HD1942/12/11-113. Expos: DR1904-45.
Alfred Sisley: 1895ca, Sbr, CR846=CCPP954, Le chemin de Saint-Mammès, 38×46, private (R396,no954;R129,no846;iR40) Provenance: Dr. Viau; sale 1942/12/11-119. Expos: GP1897-46; GP1899-79.
Edgar Degas: 1889, Sbl, Ludovic Lepic holding his dog, pastel, ?cm, Cleveland MA (iR6;M27) Provenance: 2nd Degas sale GP1918/12/11-87; Viau; 1942/12/11-65, Portrait du Vicomte Lepic tenant son chien, 50×33 (iR242;iR493).
Camille Pissarro: CCP522, 1877, Sous-bois à Pontoise, 55×46, A2021/12/17 (iR10;iR11;R116,CCP522;R2,p394) Expos: =?? 7IE-1882-136+hc1, Sentier sous-bois à l’Hermitage or no.122. Provenance: descendants; HD1931/06/26-3; Viau; HD1942/12/11-111.
Camille Pissarro: 4IE-1879-176, Automne, soleil couchant; appartient à M. M…. = CCP535, 1877, Le vieux chemin en automne, Pontoise, 73×59, private (iR10;iR94;R116,no535;R2,p270) Provenance: Murer (1878/12/26); Viau (1930ca); HD1942/12/11-112.
1943/02/24: second posthumous sale collection de M. George Viau at Hôtel Drouot:
Including 40 drawings and watercolours (1-40), 100 paintings (41-140) and 8 sculptures (141-148).
Including: Boudin (4), Cals (44-54), Colin (56-58), Degas (9-14 +60+61), Guillaumin (123-126), Lebourg (28+29), Pissarro (33), Sources:iR242; iR493; R88II,p73;
1943/02/26: third posthumous sale collection de M. George Viau at Hôtel Drouot: containing engravings (1-82) and oriental objects (83-175); several catalogue numbers contained more than one work; including descriptions and several pictures*.
Including Cassatt (7+8), Cézanne (9*), Degas (18-30 +31), Desboutin (35+36), Gauguin, Pissarro (52), Raffaëlli (55), Redon (56), Renoir (57-59). Sources:iR242; iR493; R88II,p73;
1948/06/22: 3rd posthumous sale collection de M. George Viau held at the Charpentier gallery;
These 6 works were part of the ‘Exposition Internationale’ held in New York in 1939. They were mentioned in the 1942/12/11 catalogue (nos.79 +84 +97 +98 +108 +116) but not present at the time.
Including: Corot (1), Degas (2), Delacroix (3+4), Pissarro (5), Renoir (6). All works were illustrated.
Of Pissarro: CCP114 (=5). Sources:iR493; R88II,p73;
Delacroix (1798-1863): 1820-23ca, R83, Female Academy Figure Seated, Front View (Mademoiselle Rose), 82×65, SM Berlin (iR2;M52;iR493) Provenance: 1864-200; Duseigneur; Thoré; Lacroix; Viau; Ch1948/06/22-4, Nu assis.
1949??
In the biography on George Viau the website dedicated to him mention an auction in 1949, without further notice. But, in the overview of auction sale catalogues this is not mentioned. Sources:iR493; iR493;
Viau collection, an overview: Here below you will find an overview of works that were once in the Viau collection.
Viau once owned the following works:
Gustave Caillebotte: 2CR326 =DR1907/03/21-12, Pommiers en fleurs Argenteuil, 1885 (R102,no326).
Paul Gauguin: 2CR135 +192 +209 +278 (R181II,p643).
of Guillaumin: R179,G20; R310,no170cp (GP1914/11/27)
Claude Monet: CR72 +412 +479 +529 +656a +717 +1001 +1112 +1117 +1301 +1344 (R22IV,p1055)
Camille Pissarro: CCP52 +85 +114 +148 +199 +220 +287 +362 +381 +469 +471 +479 +480 +497 +507 +509 +510 +522 +526 +528 +535 +541 +577 +578 +582 +803 +959 +1008 +1083 +1172 +1190 +1191 +1364 +1365 (R116III,p951)
Signac: CR161 (R106);
Alfred Sisley: CCPP9 +13 +64 +110 +124 +170 +171 +186 +187 +200 +325 +392 +430 +444 +493 +561 +607 +641 +702 +719 +736 +744 +767 +820 +834 +923 +929 +930 +931 +934 +954 +P5 +P26 +67 (R396,p523)
Paul Cézanne: 1878-82ca, V1606=FWN729, Fruit and Sugar Bowl, 24×34, Langmatt M. Baden (iR6;iR10;iR493;R231-1;R48,no456;R189,no1606;iR194,no729) Provenance: Vollard; sale 1899/09/02 (500fr); Viau; sale 1900/04-10; S. Brown.
Jean-Louis Forain: 1889ca, the dancer, fan, dr+wc, 30×62, DGG Memphis (iR8;R2,p268;R316,no40;M160) Former Viau collection. Compare: 4IE-1879-101-104, éventail.
Alfred Sisley: 1875, SDbr, CR192=CCPP186, Sur la route de l’Abreuvoir, Marly-le-Roi, 55×65, AI Chicago (iR10;iR64;R116II,p147;R38;R129,no192;R396,no186;M20) Provenance: 1880 Durand-Ruel; 1897 Dr. Viau. Expo: GP1897-18.
Alfred Sisley: 1884ca, Sbr, CR545=CCPP561, Saint-Mammès et les coteaux de la Celle, morning in June, 54×73, BMA Tokyo (iR4;R129,no545;R396,no561;M125) Provenance: Viau. Expos: GP1897-44; GP1917-62; Geneva-1918-128.
Alfred Sisley: 1873, SDbr, CR92=CCPP110, Les chasseurs, lisière de la fôret de Marly, automne, 46×65, private (iR10;iR94;iR261;iR40;R129,no92;R396,no110+p515;R88II,p451) Provenance: =?? HD1875/03/24-61, Lisière de bois (46×65) -> Arosa (aîné) (110fr); Dr. Viau; Barbazanges gallery; Expos: =? Saint-Petersbourg-1912-606, Champ de blé (Rye Field) (Barbazanges in Paris); GP1917-63.
Sources: georgeviau.fr (iR493), the above mentioned catalogues (iR19; iR40; iR242; iR261; iR494);
The following Catalogues Raisonnés (or extended catalogues):
of Caillebotte by Berhaut (1978 =1CR=R101); by Berhaut (1994 =2CR=R102)
of Cézanne by Pissarro & Venturi (1936 =PV=R189); by Rewald, Feilchenfeldt & Warman (1996; =RFW=R118); Feilchenfeldt, Warman & Nash (online: cezannecatalogue; =FWN=iR194)
Gauguin by Wildenstein (1964 =W=1CR=R128); Crussard (2002 =2CR=R181)
Guillaumin by Serret & Fabiani (1971 =CR=SF=R124);
of Monet by Wildenstein (1996 =CR=R22=R127)
of Morisot by Bataille (1960 =1CR=R100); Clairet, Rouart & Montlant (1997 =2CR=CRM=R186)
of Pissarro by Venturi (1939 =V=R126); by Pissarro and Durand-Ruel (2005 =CCP =R116)
of Renoir by Daulte (1971 =1CR=R108); by Fezzi (1968 =1F=R193=R30); by Fezzi (1985 =2F=R190); by Dauberville (2007-14 =2CR=2D=R185)
of Signac by Cachin (2000 =CR=R106)
of Sisley by Daulte (1959 =CR=R129); by Brame & Lorenceau (2021 =CCPP=R396)
Other important sources: Monneret (R88II,p71-73). Note: other sources will be added: Rewald (R1,px); Denvir (1992=R8,px), Wildenstein (R22I,px), Ann Distel (in R31,px); CCP Pissarro (R116I,px); Berger (R207), Bailey et al. (R460,no.x), the Salon database (iR1), WikiPedia.
For other sources see the general references (=R) see , for the references to internet pages (=iR) see.
