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Impressionism: a historical reconstruction

Impressionism

according to Duranty

Introduction:
Duranty, Louis-Emile-Edmond Duranty (1833-1880) was a Naturalist, novelist, journalist and art-collector. Published the journal ‘Réalism’. He was a regular visitor of Café Guerbois and Café Nouvelles Athènes. He defended the impressionists. In 1877 he published a novel ‘La peinture Louis Martin’. Review 1879 in La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité. He was portrayed by Degas in 1879 (see 4IE-1879-58) and Desboutin.
May 1876 Duranty published the article ‘La nouvelle peinture; à propos du groupe d’artistes qui expose dans les Galeries Durand-Ruel’. It consisted of 38 pages. It was much influenced by Degas and described the Impressionists as the new Realism. On this page we will look (in the future) at this article and the view Duranty had on Impressionism.

Marcellin Desboutin: 1876ca, Portrait Edmond Duranty (detail), etch ps, 23x15, FM Cambridge (R158,p70+267+no88;iR6;R5,p95;R85V,no18;R1,p377;M32) Compare: SdAF-1881-693, Portrait de M. Duranty — Marcellin Desboutin: 1876ca, Portrait Edmond Duranty (detail), etch ps, 23×15, FM Cambridge (R158,p70+267+no88;iR6;R5,p95;R85V,no18;R1,p377;M32) Compare: SdAF-1881-693, Portrait de M. Duranty

Marcellin Desboutin: 18xx, Portrait de Duranty (?), xx, A2008/03/18 (iR17;iR41;iR1;R158,p267) =? SdAF-1881-693, Portrait de M. Duranty

Edgar Degas, 1879, CR517, Edmond Duranty, pastel+tempera, 100x100, Glasgow AGM (iR10;iR6;R2,p36+267+311;R90II,p109+128+148+164;R26,no568;R90I,p290+308) = 4IE-1879-58, Portrait de M. Duranty (détrempe) =!? 5IE-1880-44+hc2, Portrait de M. Duranty. Note: the surroundings represent the character. — Edgar Degas, 1879, CR517, Edmond Duranty, pastel+tempera, 100×100, Glasgow AGM (iR10;iR6;R2,p36+267+311;R90II,p109+128+148+164;R26,no568;R90I,p290+308) = 4IE-1879-58, Portrait de M. Duranty (détrempe) =!? 5IE-1880-44+hc2, Portrait de M. Duranty. Note: the surroundings represent the character.

La Nouvelle Peinture (1876/05):

In this essay Duranty avoided the use of any term that implied stylistic exclusivity although it reflects his bias as a Realists / Naturalist (R2,p19).

1879 review:
1879/04/19 Duranty reviewed in La Chronique des arts et de la curiosité the 4th ‘impressionist’ exposition in a review called “La Quatrième Exposition faite par un groupe d’artistes indépendants”. (R90I,p218/9)

Sources:
R140, see online document on gallica.bnf.fr = iR40;R2,p37-49;R90I,p72-81;R3,p659+196;R5,p94;R90,p478.