Marcellin Desboutin: 1874, SDbr, Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Faure, 41×33, private (R2,p177;iR154;iR10;iR104;R90II,p36+50;R3,p130;R89,no16) =??? 2IE-1876-62, Portrait de M. F…
Édouard Manet (1832-83): 1877, RW257, Jean-Baptiste Faure as Hamlet, 194×132, MF Essen (iR6;iR10;iR1;R5,p81;R71,no231C;R213,no175;R120,no257;M146) =!? S1877-1415, Portrait de M. Faure, dans le rôle d’Hamlet; =? NY-AAG-1886-1, Portrait of De Fauvre (sic) (as Hamlet)
Introduction: This page renders short information on Jean-Baptiste Faure, the loans to the ‘impressionist’ expositions, his art-collection and the auction sales of parts of his collection.
The emphasize is on the works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Note: additional info and pictures will be added.
Jean-Baptiste Faure, short biography: Opera singer and composer; famous baritone in the Paris Opéra.
Received the ‘Legion d’Honneur‘ in 1881.
Befriended with many impressionists. Joined their meetings.
Befriended with the art-dealer Durand-Ruel.
1870/71: stayed in London.
Faure was portrayed by Astruc, Desboutin and Manet.
Zacharie Astruc, 1883ca, mask of Faure, bronze, xx, Jardin de Luxembourg (iR6;aR18) = SdAF-1883-3293-9, Le Marchand de masques; statue, bronze, Faure.
Zacharie Astruc, 1882, Masque de Jean-Baptiste Fauré, sc, 25x17x9, MBA Angers (aR4;aR5;iR23;iR1) = SdAF-1882-4069-9, Le marchand de masques ; statue, plâtre; Faure
Faure, an early collector: One of the first collectors of impressionist works. Bought works from Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley and Manet.
At one time Fauré possessed 68x Manet, 30x Sisley, 23x Monet and a smaller number of Renoir and Pissarro.
1872/04/29: bought 42 impressionist works at an auction. 1873: bought several Manets (2500-6000 franc) and 11 paintings of Degas. 1874: bought 6 works of Degas back from Durand-Ruel; received in return in 1876 two works and only in 1887 the other two promised; this poisoned their friendship.
Faure once owned between 45 and 50 paintings of Monet; 35 were made before 1877; he bought (at least) 5 paintings in 1874 and 3 in 1875 (see purchases).
Faure once owned 29 paintings of Pissarro; all were made before 1880. Of most it is not known since when they were owned by Faure. Many were part of the inventary of the collection of Faure in 1902↓ (R116I,p334). The known early purchases by Faure of paintings of Pissarro were: 1874: CCP285; 1875: CCP420 +421 +422 +425. Indirect purchases (via Durand-Ruel) were: 1873: CCP121 +215 +254; 1874: CCP250;
Faure once owned 32 paintings of Sisley. The known early purchases are: 1877: CCPP1; Indirect purchases (via Durand-Ruel) were: 1873: CCPP34; 1885: CCPP572;
Camille Pissarro: 1867ca, CCP121, The hills at L’Hermitage, Pontoise, 151×206, Guggenheim NY (iR112;iR2;R116,no121) Expo: =?? S1869-1950, L’Ermitage; =Berlin-1901-3S-194. Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1873/03/25); Faure (1873/03/25); Durand-Ruel (1901/06/06); Paul Cassirer (1901/06/06).
Camille Pissarro: CCP215=PV130, 1872, The Post-House, Route de Versailles, effect of snow, 55×91, A1999/05/12 (iR10;iR114;iR15;R116,no215) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1872/04/30); Faure (1873/04/25; 1902,no67). Expos: =? London-6SFA-1873-117; =DR1883-59.
Alfred Sisley: 1872, CR37=CCPP34, Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, 50×65, Metropolitan (M23;iR6;iR10;R53,p58;R8,p72;R38;R166,p110;R396,no34) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1872/08/24); Faure (1873/04/15). Expo: GP1917-54.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-152, Le pont de chemin de fer (Argenteuil), à Faure =? CR279, 1873, The railway bridge at Argenteuil, 60x99cm, A2008/05/06 (iR2;iR15;R2,p162;R90II57;R22+R127,CR279). Provenance: Faure (1874/06?); ?HD1878/04/29. Other expos: GP1899-44; Copenhagen-1914-XIX-146.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-156, Le Pont d’Argenteuil (app. à M. Faure) = CR311, 1874, SDbr, The bridge at Argenteuil, 60×80, Orsay (iR2;R2,p152;R90II,p57;R22=R127,no311;R231-1;M1,RF1937-41) Provenance: 1874 Faure; 1906 Personnaz. Expos: =3XX-1886-5; =GP1889-M+R-24; =EU-1900-C-490, Argenteuil (à M. Faure); DR1906-9; MJ1912-132.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-149, La Seine à Argenteuil =!? CR373, 1875, SDbr, The Seine at Argenteuil, 60×80, A2014/06/23 (former FAM San Francisco) (iR2;iR14;R2,p179;R90II,p56;R22+R127,CR373;M30) Provenance: Faure (1875/09); Durand-Ruel (1893/01); Expos: =DR1883-13; =GP1889-28; =DR1899-5; London-GG-1905-126; New York-DR1926-12.
Claude Monet: 1875, CR368, Yachts at Argenteuil, 54×65, Cologne Gallery Abels (iR51;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR368). Expos: =?? 2IE-1876-155, Le petit Genevilliers, à Faure (or no.160); GP1899-27. Provenance: Faure (1875?); Durand-Ruel (1893/01); Sutton (1893/01).
Claude Monet: 1875, CR369, Red boats, Argenteuil, 60×81, FAM Cambridge (iR51;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR369;M32,no1951.54) Provenance of CR168 or CR169: Faure (1875/09), Durand-Ruel (1893/01); Sutton (1893/01). Expos: =2IE-1876-160, Les bateaux d’Argenteuil, à Faure; =GP1889-27.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-151, La plage à Sainte-Adresse, à M. Faure =CR92, 1867, The beach at Sainte-Adresse, 75×101, AI Chicago (iR2;R2,p180;R90II,p57;R22+R127,CR92;M20,no.33.439) Other expos: GP1889-5. Provenance: Durand-Ruel (?1873/02/28); Faure (1876ca); Durand-Ruel (1893/01); Vever (1893; GP1897/02/01-79.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-154, La prairie = CR341, 1874, SDbr, Meadow at Bezons, 57×80, NG Berlin (iR2;R2,p153;R90II,p57;R22=R127,CR341;R435II,p201;M52,no1146/AI1013) Provenance: =? HD1875/03/24-6, Paysage (60x81cm) (bought back 190fr); 1876ca Faure; 1906 Durand-Ruel. Expos: GP1889-22; DR1906-10.
Alfred Sisley: 1865, SDbl, CR1=CCPP1, Etch of the forest of Fontainebleau (Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud), 129×208, PP Paris (iR2;R129,no1;R396,no1;M4) Provenance: Faure (1877).
Alfred Sisley: 1884ca, Sbr, CR550=CCPP572, Morning sun at Saint-Mammes, the Seine, 49×65, A1990/05/15 (iR155;iR10;iR2;iR15;R129,no550;R396,no572) Provenance: 1884/08/12 Durand-Ruel; 1885/03/03 Faure. Expos: compare: NY-AAG-1886-229, St. Mammès, le matin; =GP1917-51.
A trip to England: After the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1874 in July Sisley made a trip to England together with Faure, who financed this trip in return for 6 paintings. Sisley would stay here till early Octobre.
Sisley made at least 15* paintings in England: CCPP147-161. Of 3 Faure was the first owner: CCPP151 +53 +154, probably 3 of the 6 promised paintings; 2 Faure indirectly obtained later: CCPP156 +158. Note*: Daulte (1959) renders 14 paintings (R129,no.113-126). Stevens mentions there were 3 more made in Hampton Court which are not in Daulte, so in total 17 (R166,p132). Two aren’t rendered by the CCPP either. Sources: R166,p130+132+264 +no.24-29; R296,no.147-161; R5,p85; R1,p334; R129,no113-126;
Alfred Sisley: 1874, CR118=CCPP151, SDbl, Molesey weir, Hampton Court, morning, 52×69, NGS Edinburgh (M63;iR3;iR2;iR8;R38;R166,p138;R129,no118;R396,no151;R88II,p451/2;M63) Provenance: =? HD1875/03/24-72, Barrage de la Tamise (Hampton-Court; 51×68 -> not sold?); Faure. Expos: GP1897-141; GP1917-50.
Alfred Sisley: 1874, SDbl, CR119=CCPP153, Hampton Court lock, 50×73, ESC Cairo (iR10;iR40;R166,p44;R129,no119;R396,no153) Provenance: Faure. Expo: =? GP1897-139, Moseley Look (sic), Hampden Coort (sic), 1874, appartient à M. F…
Alfred Sisley: 1874, SDbl, CR121=CCPP154, La route de Hampton Court, 39×56, A2006/05/02 (iR2;iR15;iR11;R16,p333;R38;R129,no121;R396,no154) Provenance: Faure. Expos: GP1897-140; GP1917-47.
Alfred Sisley: 1874, SDbr, CR122=CCPP158, The Thames at Hampton Court, first days of October, 66×92, MNBA Buenos Aires (iR10;iR487;iR94;R166,p52,note46+p138;R129,no122;R396,no158;M114) Provenance: Georges Charpentier; Faure. Expos: =? DR1883-solo, loan Faure; =GP1897-138; =GP1917-56.
Faure, lender to the ‘impressionist’ expositions: Faure did loan 11 paintings to the first two impressionist expositions.
In 1874 two of Degas (no. 54 + 63).
In 1876 nine of Monet (no. 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 160) and one of Degas (no.37).
Edgar Degas: 2IE-1876-37, Examen de danse, Appartient à M. F… = 1876, CR397, the dance class, 84×77, Metropolitan (iR2;R2,p161;R90II,p48+34;R47,p64;R26,no488;M23).
Edgar Degas: 1IE-1874-63, Aux courses en province, à M. Faure =1872ca, CR281, Sbl, At the races in the countryside, 37×56, MFA Boston (iR2;iR59;R114,no281;R26,no203;R90II,p7+22;R2,p120+127;M22)
Faure, buyer at auctions: Jean-Baptiste Faure did buy his collection directly from the artists, indirect via art-dealers like Durand-Ruel and also indirectly via auction sales, like at Hôtel Drouot (=HD).
Alfred Sisley: 1875, SDbl, CR175=CCPP185, La route de (l’Abreuvoir), Marly-le-Roi, 59×73, A2009/02/04 (iR10;iR15;iR11;iR2;R166,p145;R129,no175;R396,no185) Provenance: Hoschedé; sale HD1878/06/05-82 -> Faure; Clapisson; sale HD1894/04/28-35 -> Durand-Ruel; 1894/06/26 Depeaux; sale HD1901/04/25-56 -> Lemaire; 1904 Lehmann. Expos: PR1904-26; GP1917-72.
Alfred Sisley: 1881ca, D444=CCPP487, Le jardin de M. Hoschedé à Montgeron, 54×73, Pushkin (iR6;iR10;M96;R396,no487) Provenance: Hoschedé; HD1878/06/05-91); Faure; Durand-ruel (1900/03/01); Morozov.
Faure, selling his collection: Jean-Baptiste Faure gradually sold his collection and renewed it.
1900/03/01 for example he sold several paintings of Sisley to the art-dealer Durand-Ruel.
Alfred Sisley: 1882ca, Sbl, CR462=CCPP498, Le chantier naval à Matrat, Moret-sur-Loing (Matrat’s boatyard), 38×55, MudO Beauvais (iR10;iR6;iR11;R129,no462;R396,no498;R166,p52,note46;M171) Provenance: Faure; Durand-Ruel (1900/03/01 – 1917/11/09). Expos: =? DR1883-solo, Moret, view of the river, loan Faure; =DR1914-66.
Alfred Sisley: 1884, SDbl, CR512=CCPP566, Les coteaux de la Celle-sous-Moret, vus de Saint-Mammès, 54×73, A2012/02/08 (iR10;iRx;iR14;R129,no512;R396,no566) Provenance: Faure; 1900/03/01 Durand-Ruel. Expos: GP1897-8; London-GG-1905-297; Manchester-1907-178.
Alfred Sisley: 1884, SDbl, CR551=CCPP571, Saint-Mammès et les coteaux de Veneux-Nadon, matin de septembre, 54×73, Og Copenhagen (iR6;iR10;R129,no551;R396,no571;M73) Provenance: Faure; Durand-Ruel (1900/03/01 – 1924/11/14). Expos: GP1897-23; PR1904-15; Manchester=1908-177.
Faure collection; auction sales; inventary and expo: There have been several auction sales of parts of the collection of Faure.
1873/06/07:
Auction. It included 31 paintings namely of Barbizon painters, including 11 of Dupré, 6 of Delacroix, 5 of Corot, 2 of Millet and of Rousseau, 1 of Diaz, Hébert, Ribot and Roybet. The catalogue renders many illustrations.
1878:
1878: auction of part of the Fauré collection (42 works) in Hôtel Drouot.
1902, inventary:
In 1902 there has been an inventary of the collection of Faure (R116I,p334).
Camille Pissarro: 1865ca, CCP105=PV45, Donkey ride at La Roche-Guyon, 37×52, private (iR2;iR10;R116,no105). Expos: compare: S1864-1559, Route de Cachalas, à la Ruche-Guyon (sic); DR1904-R-2. Provenance: HD1872/11/25-36; Faure (inv. 1902-77).
Camille Pissarro: 1874, CCP342, SDbl, Pontoise, kitchen garden at l’Hermitage, 54×65, Edinburgh NGS (iRx;R116,CCP342;R2,p164;M63) =?? 2IE-1876-206, Les jardins de l’Hermitage. Provenance: Faure (1902,no.89).
Camille Pissarro: 3IE-1877-170, Vue de Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, appartient à M. H. =CCP441, 1876, Saint-Ouen-L’Aumône viewed from the Côte des Gratte-Coqs, 58×80, Yale New Haven (iR10;iR66;iR59;R116,CCP441;R90II,p81+99;R2,p206;M33). Provenance: Hoschedé (1876); HD1878/06/05-72; Faure (1902,no.81).
Camille Pissarro: 3IE-1877-171, La plaine d’Epluches (Arc-en-ciel), appartient à M.H. =1877, CCP495, The Rainbow, Pontoise, 53×82, KMM Otterlo (iR2;iR59;R2,p232;R116,CCP495;R90II,p81+99;R2,p206;M72) Provenance: Hoschedé; HD1878/06/05-71; Faure (before 1902). Expo: DR1904-R-44.
Alfred Sisley: 1882ca, Sbl, CR471=CCPP515, Walnut Trees, sunset, early days of October, 73×92, A2018/11/12 (iR11;iR14;iR2;R219,no471;R396,no515). Provenance: Faure (1902,no.111).
1906/03/19 – 31, expo Durand-Ruel:
Exposition at Durand-Ruel called ’17 tableaux de Cl. Monet de la collection Faure’.
Including: CR39, 83, 84, 154, 166, 177, 255, 292, 311, 341, 386, 409, 418, 748, 900, 1018, 1135 (R22IV,p1019).
Claude Monet: 1867, CR84, The Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, 79×98, NG Berlin (iRx;R22,no84;M52) Provenance: Astruc; Durand-Ruel (1872/06); Hoschedé; HD1878/06/05-50 (505fr); Luq); Faure (1889ca); Durand-Ruel (1906). Expos: =London-5SFA-1872-9; =GP1889-2; DR1906/03-2.
Claude Monet: 1867, CR83, Quai-du-Louvre, 65×92, Km The Hague (iR51;R22,no83;M71) Provenance: Latouche (1867/05ca?); Jaquette; BVcie (1893); Faure (1894); Durand-Ruel (1907-09). Expos: DR1906/03-3.
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-147, Estacade de Trouville, marée basse, appartient à M. Duez =CR154, 1870, Entrance to the Port of Trouville, 54×66, SM Budapest (iR2;R22+R127,CR154;R2,p285;R90II,p134;M142,no.367B) Provenance: Duez (1879-89ca); Faure; Durand-Ruel (1906); Cassirer (1906). Expos: =London-1SFA-1870-36; DR1906/03-4.
Claude Monet: 1871, CR166, The Thames below Westminster, 47×73, NG London (iR51;iR2;R22,no166;M61) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1872/11); Hoschedé; HD1878/06/05-49 (250fr); Faure; Durand-ruel (1907). Expos: =London-6SFA-1873-114; =GP1889-12; =DR1906/03-5; =Saint-Petersbourg-1912-C-438.
Claude Monet: 1IE-1874-97, Boulevard des Capucines =!? CR292, 1873, Boulevard des Capucines, 61×80, Pushkin (iRx;R22+R127,CR292;R90I,p18;R2,p121;R90II,p24;R87,p163;M96,no3397) Info: painted from the Nadar studio where the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition was held. Provenance: Faure (1874/09); Durand-Ruel (1907). Expos: =solo DR1883-31 =GP1889-19; DR1906/03-7.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-154, La prairie = CR341, 1874, SDbr, Meadow at Bezons, 57×80, NG Berlin (iR2;R2,p153;R90II,p57;R22=R127,CR341;R435II,p201;M52,no1146/AI1013) Provenance: =? HD1875/03/24-6, Paysage (60x81cm) (bought back 190fr); 1876ca Faure; 1906 Durand-Ruel. Expos: GP1889-22; DR1906-10.
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-112, Un jardin, appartient à M. H…. =? 1877, CR418, A Corner of the Garden at Montgeron, 172×193, Hermitage (iR51;R2,p205;R22+R127,CR418;M95,no.9152) Provenance: commissioned by Hoschedé; Faure (1899ca); Durand-Ruel (1907). Expos: DR1906/03-11.
Faure, overview collection:
of Caillebotte: R102,no.216 +240 +275 +422 (R102,p304);
of Gauguin: 2CR106=W121; compare: 2CR144=W133;
of Monet: CR39, 57, 62, 77, 81, 83, 92, 93, 109, 126, 146?, 154, 166, 177, 187, 246, 255, 273, 274, 279?, 280, 292, 296, 311, 327, 341, 347, 368?, 369?, 373, 386, 409, 417, 418, 518, 748, 756, 759, 780, 826, 856, 893, 900, 1018, 1051, 1054, 1066, 1135, 1232. These are 50 paintings of which 5 are uncertain and of which 35 were made before 1877. (R22IV,p1047)
of Pissarro: CCP105 +121 +129 +185 +215 +250 +253 +254 +285 +304 +307 +327 +342 +343 +345 +350 +351 +354 +355 +358 +416 +420 +421 +422 +425 +441 +495 +530 +589 (R116III,p941).
of Sisley: CCPP1 +34 +115 +151↑↑ +153↑↑ +154↑↑ +156 +158↑↑ +174 +185 +263 +487 +488 +498 +504 +515 +551 +566 +571 +572 +577 +609 +657 +672 +690 +695 +737 +757 +763 +768 +894 +930 (R396,p518)
Gustave Caillebotte: 1882ca, S-, 1CR230=2CR216, The Basin at Argenteuil, 66×81, A2002/05/07 (iR2;iR11;R3,p229;R102,no216;R101,no230) Expos: DR1894-R-75 (-> bought by Faure); SdA1921-2727.
Camille Pissarro: 2IE-1876-200, Neige, coteaux de l’Hermitage (Pontoise) =1874, CCP327, Effect of snow at the L’Hermitage, Pontoise, 55×66, private (iR2;iR59;R2,p164+156;R116,CCP327;R90II,p43+62) Provenance: Faure (1883ca). Expos: DR1883-19 (loan Faure); DR1904-R-30.
Alfred Sisley: 1874, CR135=CCPP115, Le bac à l’entrée de Bougival, 28×41, A2016/02/04 (iR11;iR2;R129,no135;R396,no115;R90I,p87) Provenance: Faure. Expos: compare: 2IE-1876-244hc2, Maison sur les bords de la Marne; =GP1917-44.
Alfred Sisley: 1875, SDbl, CR164=CCPP174, The Terrace at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Spring, 74×99, WAM Baltimore (iR3;iR8;iR2;R129,no164;R396,no174;R166,p52,note46;M48) Compare: 3IE-1877-217, La Seine au Pecq. Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1880); Faure; Guasco; sale GP1900/06/11-67; Durand-Ruel. Expo: =? DR1883-solo, loan Faure.
Alfred Sisley: 1875, SDbl, CCPP195, The Duck Pond, 46×55, A2013/11/06 (iR2;iR11;R90II,p290;R90I,p159/160;R396,no195) Compare: 3IE-1877-212, Le Parc, appartient à M. H… Provenance: Zieseniss.
Alfred Sisley: 1888, SDbl, CR684=CCPP757, Moret-sur-Loing at sunset, October, 73×93, A2018/02/27 (iR15;iR2;R129,no684;R396,no757) Provenance: Faure. Expos: GP1897-22; GP1917-57; Knoedler-1924-33.
Alfred Sisley: 1888ca, Sbl, CR667=CCPP763, Moret, view of the Loing, May afternoon, 50×66, A2006/11/07 (iR11;iR14;iR2;R129,no667;R396,no763) Provenance: Faure. Expos: GP1897-72; GP1917-52.
Alfred Sisley: 1892ca, Sbl, CR807=CCPP894, Les lilas dans mon jardin, Moret-sur-Loing, 46×62, A2018/06/19 (iR11;iR14;R129,no807;R396,no894) Provenance: Faure (1897ca); Bernheim-Jeune. Expo: GP1897-73.
Gustave Caillebotte: 1882, SDbl, 1CR206=2CR240, Roses jaunes dans un vase, 54×46, A2006/05/02 (iR11;R102,no240;R101,no206) Expo: DR1894-R-84. Provenance: Degas; GP1918/03/26-7; Faure;
Sources: Catalogues: 1873/06/07: auction of the collection of Faure at 26, Boulevard des Italiens (note: not at Durand-Ruel, but he was the expert). (link to PDF at archive.org = iR19). 1878: auction of part of the Fauré collection (42 works) in Hôtel Drouot. 1906/03/19 – 31: “Exposition de 17 Tableaux de Claude Monet de la Collection Fauré.” Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris.
Catalogue (In Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME). European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. Last modified Jul 27, 2020.http://exhibitions.univie.ac.at/exhibition/1089 =iR261=R242).
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 Sisley by Daulte (1959 =CR=R129); by Brame & Lorenceau (2021 =CCPP=R396)
Other sources: R3,p661+193;R2,p177;R5,p73+81;R90II,p289;.
Recommanded citation: “Meta-Impressionism, art-collectors: Jean-Baptiste Faure, an early collector of the impressionists. Last modified 2026/05/13. https://www.impressionism.nl/jean-baptiste-faure/”
