Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-96, Paysage, Le parc Monceau (app. à M. Bellio) = CR398, 1876, The Parc Monceau, Paris, 60×81, Metropolitan (iR2;R22+R127,CR398;R2,p221;R90II,p94;M23,no.59.206) Provenance: G. de Bellio (1876/06/25)
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-98, Le pont de Rome (Gare St-Lazare) =!? CR442, 1877, Le Pont de l’Europe, Saint-Lazare Station, 64×81, Marmottan (iR2;R22=R127,no442;R2,p224;R90II,p94;R321-1;M2,no.4015) Provenance: 1877/03 de Bellio; 1894 Donop de Monchy. Expos: DR1883-17; GP1889-M+R-34; EU-1900-C-480, Le Pont de l’Europe (appartient à M. Donop de Monchy); PR-XIX-1922-58.
Introduction: This page renders short information on (Dottore) Georges de Bellio and his art collection.
The emphasize is on the works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions.
De Bellio collected namely many works of Claude Monet. He did loan 13 paintings to the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Note: the page his just been started.
Short biography: Georges de Bellio is also called Dottore (=doctor) de Bellio (R31,p6). He was born in Bucharest, Rumania.
He joined the impressionists at their meeting points, including dinners at café Riche.
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-95, Les Tuileries, à M. Bellio =CR401, 1876, The Tuileries, 54×73, Marmottan (iR2;R22+R127,CR401;R2,p205;R90II,p93;M2,no.4016) Provenance: de Bellio (1876/06); Donop de Monchy (1894). Expos: DR1883-1; EU-1889-C-527; PR-1922-XIX-56. Info: view from the Chocquet appartement.
Alfred Sisley: 3IE-1877-214, Scieurs de long; Appartient à M. de Bellio =1876, SDbr, CR230=CCPP227, Pit (Wood) sawyers, 50×66, MPP Paris (iR10;iR6;iR2;R2,p239;R90II,p83+102;R129,no230;R396,no227;M4) Provenance: Dr Georges de Bellio.
Loans to the ‘impressionist’ expositions: Georges de Bellio did loan 13 paintings to the ‘impressionist’ expositions.
In 1877 3 paintings of Monet (no. 95, 96, 98) and 3 of Sisley (no. 214, 215, 216).
In 1879 6 paintings of Monet (no. 145, 146, 152, 164, 165, 166).
And in 1881 one painting of Gauguin (no.33). (R2;R90II,p285).
Claude Monet, 4IE-1879-146, Effet de brouillard, Impression = CR263, 1872-73, Le Havre, Impression, sunrise, 48×63, Paris, Marmottan (iR2;R90II,p134;R2,p269;R22+R127,CR263;M2,no.4014) =1IE-1874-98, Impression, soleil levant.
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-152, Parc Monceaux, appartient à M. de Bellio =!? CR468, 1878, The Parc Monceau, 54×65, private (iR2;R22+R127,CR468;R90II,p134;R2,p269;R90II,p115+134) Purchased by Georges de Bellio 1878/06/02.
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-164, Coucher du soleil, appartient à M. de Bellio =!? CR362, 1875, Sbr, Snow Effect, sunset, 53×64, Marmottan (iR51;R90II,p136;R2,p269;R22+R127,CR362;M2,no.4019). Provenance: Hoschedé; HD1878/06/05-51 (60fr by Petit for Monet); 1878/06/19 Dr. de Bellio (till 1894).
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-165, Paysage d’hiver, appartient à M. de Bellio =!? 1875, SDbr, CR356, The train engine in the snow, 59×78, Marmottan (iR59;iR51;R90II,p136;R2,p269;R22+R127,CR356;M2,no4017) Provenance: 1876/11 Dr. de Bellio. Expos: DR1883-11; GP1889-26.
Paul Gauguin: 6IE-1881-33, Fleurs et tapis; appartient à M. de Bellio =1880, W48=2CR61, SDbl, Flowers and Carpet (Pansies), 24×36, private (iR2;R181,no61;R128,no48;R2,p354;R90II,p181+191). Provenance: de Bellio (1881/04ca); Donop de Monchy (1894); Vollard (50fr; 1895/10/04).
Collection, overview: The collection of Georges de Bellio consisted of many impressionist works, namely of Monet (38?). And also of Degas, (2), Guillaumin (5), Cals (1), Lépine (1), Lebourg, Piette, Pissarro (11), Renoir (>3) and Sisley (2or4). It also consisted of works of Bonington, Corot, Daumier, Daubigny, Delacroix, Gragonard, (Eva) Gonzales (1), Goya, Manet, Maufra, Monticelli, Oller (1), Quost and (Hubert) Robert. Several works of his collection are now in the Musée Marmottan (=M2).
Georges de Bellio once owned the following works:
of Gauguin: 2CR61=W48; 228=W204=HD1891/02/23-7; 244=W230 =HD1891/02/23-2;
of Monet: CR66 +?101 +242 +263 +308 +323 +356 +362 +367 +381 +398 +399 +401 +406 +412 +423 +425 +430 +431 +440 +442 +445 +?450 +455 +?458 +463 +465 +468 +469 +474 +477 +478 +507 +534 +537 +548 +579 +629 (R22IV,p1044);
of Pissarro: CCP66 +231 +352 +361 +405 +448 +570 +614 +618 +670 +843 (R116III,p938);
of Sisley: CCPP277 +366 (R397); disputed: CCPP242 +248.
Paul Gauguin: 6IE-1881-33, Fleurs et tapis; appartient à M. de Bellio =1880, W48=2CR61, SDbl, Flowers and Carpet (Pansies), 24×36, private (iR2;R181,no61;R128,no48;R2,p354;R90II,p181+191). Provenance: de Bellio (1881/04ca); Donop de Monchy (1894); Vollard (50fr; 1895/10/04).
Claude Monet: 1874, Sbl, CR323, The studio boat, 50×64, KMM Otterlo (iR2;iR51;R22,no323;M72). Provenance: 1876 Dr. de Bellio.
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-100, La gare St-Lazare, arrivée d’un train, app M. H… =? CR440, 1877, SDbl, Saint-Lazare station, the Normandy train, 60×80, AI Chicago (iR2;R90I,p130+180;R231-1;M20,no.1933.1158) Note: mostly suggested for no.97 (R22,CR440;R2,p222;R90II,p94;M20). Provenance: 1877/03 Ernest Hoschedé; 1878 G. de Bellio; 1894 Donop de Monchy; 1899ca Bernheim-Jeune; Paul Rosenberg; 1911 Durand-Ruel. Expos: =6EIPS-1887-hc; =GP1889-M+R-33; =EU-1900-C-484, Le Train de Normandie (appartient à M. Alexandre Bernheim jeune); =LE-1904-PI-98; NYDR1911-8.
Claude Monet: CR534, 1879, SDbr, Vétheuil in summer, 68×90, AGO Toronto (iRx;R22=R127,CR535;R2,p269;R231-1;M111,no.1354) Provenance: 1879 or 1880 de Bellio; 1894 Donop de Monchy; 1926ca Paul Rosenberg. Expos: compare: 4IE-1879-151, Vétheuil; =EU-1900-C-479, Vétheuil en été (appartient à M. Donop de Mouchy); =? BJ1903-EI-40.
Berthe Morisot: 2IE-1876-175, Un percher de blanchisseuse =1875, 1=2CR45, Hanging the laundry out to dry (Gennevilliers), 34×44), NGA Washington (iR2;iR59;R2,p182;R186,no45;R398,no14;M21) Expos: BVc-1892-16; DR1902?-103.
Camille Pissarro, 3IE-1877-179, Vue de l’Hermitage. Maybe?: CCP405, 1875, Chemin montant, Rue de la Côte-du-Jalet, Pontoise, 54×65, Brooklyn MA (iR10;M65;R2,p206;R116,CCP405)
Camille Pissarro: 3IE-1877-166, Jardin des Mathurins, à Pontoise. Now: CCP448, 1876, Garden at Les Mathurins, 113×165, NAMA Kansas City (iR10;iR6;iR59;iR2;R2,p231;R116,CCP448;R90II,p81+99;M42)
Camille Pissarro, 4IE-1879-172, effect de soleil, Boulevard Clichy (esquisse). Option 1 of 2: 1879, CCP618, The Outer Boulevards, Snow Effect, 54×65, Marmottan (iR2;R116,CCP618;R2,p270;M2)
Alfred Sisley: 1879ca, Sbr, CR305=CCPP366, Springtime near Paris (flowering apple trees), 45×61, Marmottan (iR2;R17,p255;R129,no305;R396,no366;M2) Provenance: Dr. de Bellio; 1894 Donop de Monchy. Expos: GP1897-143; PR1904-11.
Edgar Degas: 1IE-1874-57, Blanchisseuse; appartient à M. Brandon. Compare: 1873ca, CR329, La blanchisseuse, 25×19, NSM Passadena (iR10;iR335;iR90;iR22;aR23;R26,no367;R2,p120;R114,no329;M43) Part of the Dr. de Bellio collection probably from 1876-1894.
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-145, La rue Montergeuil, fête du 30 juin, appartient à M. de Bellio = CR469, 1878, The Rue Montorgeuil, 30th of June 1878, 80×50, Orsay (iR2;iR23;R22+R127,CR469;R2,p245;R90II,p134;M1,RF1982.71) Bought by Georges de Bellio 1878/07. Expos: =LVM-1880-6; =GP-1889-38
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-161, La promenade = 1875, CR381, The walk (Woman with a parasol), 100×81, NGA Washington (iR2;R2,p181;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR381;M21,no1983.1.29) Provenance: G. de Bellio (1876/11/17)
Berthe Morisot: 2IE-1876-166, Au Bal =1875, 1=2CR60, At the ball (Woman with a fan), 62×52, Marmottan (iR2;iR59;R90I,p41;R42,p36;R3,p151;R2,p163;R90II,p41;R186,no60;R398,no20;M2) Provenance: G. de Bellio; Donop de Monchy. Expos: BVc-1892-10; DR1896-27; EU-1900-C-505, Femme au bal (à M. Donop de Monchy)
Auguste Renoir: 1875ca, 1F179=2CR400, La modiste, 61×50, KOR Winterthur (iR6;M87;iR10;R30=R193,no179;R185,no400;R231-1) Provenance: Balaceanon; G. de Bellio; Donop de Monchy; Prince de Wagram. Expos: =EU-1900-C-556, La couseuse (appartient à M. Donop de Monchy)
Camille Pissarro, 6IE-1881-70, La maison du passeur au Choux. Maybe??: CCP570, 1878ca, La Côte Saint-Nicolas, Auvers-sur-Oiso (landscape at Le Chou), 65×54, A1998/06/22 (iR11;iR15;R116,CCP570;R126,CR458)
Uncertain provenance: Of the following works the provenance is uncertain:
The provenance of de Bellio of the following paintings of Sisley is not affirmed by the CCPP (no.242 +248).
Alfred Sisley: 1876, SDbr, CR199=CCPP242, Route de Marly, Port-Marly (Place du Marché), 50×65, Kh Mannheim
(iR2;iR3+info;R3,p159;R129,no199;R396,no242;M51) Provenance: 1894 Durand-Ruel; Depeaux; sale GP1906/05/31-68; Durand-Ruel. Expos: compare: 3IE-1877-215, rue de village, appartient à M. de Bellio; =DR1910-68.
Alfred Sisley: 1876ca, Sbl, CR218=CCPP248, Hill Path (Chemin montant), 38×55, MBA Lyon (iR2;iR10;iR8;R8,p68;R129,no218;R396,no248;R90I,p134;M217) Compare: 3IE-1877-216, Les Gressets, village aux environs de Paris, appartient à M. de Bellio. Provenance: Jules Strauss; sale HD1902/05/03-58.
Sources: The following Catalogues Raisonnés (or extended catalogues):
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 Sisley by Daulte (1959 =CR=R129); by Brame & Lorenceau (2021 =CCPP=R396)
Other important sources:
R88I,p42-44; R3,p647; R90II,p285; R22IV,p1044; R397,p515; R116III,p938; iR4; iR6; iR6 (collection)
Additional sources (=aRx):
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