Pre-Impressionism:

Jules Dupré

1811 – 1889

General info:
Jules Dupré was born in 1811 in Nantes. (In the 1830s) he met Rousseau and they would often paint together. Rousseau was rejected by the Salon jury in 1836 + 37 + 38 (R59,p103). Dupré formally protested against this rejection and organised an association of ‘réfusés’ at his home. He also stopped submitting his paintings as did many of his colleagues . The organisation of an independent exhibition (in 1847) didn’t succeed. Around 1847 Corot, Daumier, Daubigny, Dupré, Flers and Lavieille formed the ‘groupe de L’Isle-Adam‘ and painted in these surroundings. He would later settle here, some say in 1850 others in 1872, anyway he would die here in 1889. Dupré made short stays in Barbizon, but still is seen as one of the Barbizon painters. He also had contacts with Troyon and was influenced by Cabat, Decamps and Dutch and English landscapists. In his later years the friendship with Rousseau ended. Since 1868 he painted many seascapes in Cayeux-sur-Mer.
Dupré is an pre-impressionist; he often renders the time of day and the influence of the weather; his brushstroke is often quite vivid. Still his palet is quite dark and grey. Vincent van Gogh wrote in 1884 ‘Dupré is perhaps even more colourist than Corot and Daubigny‘ (R290,p95).
Jules Dupré made his debut at the Salon of 1831. In 1833 (or 1834) he received a 2nd class medal (iR1;R231). In 1839 he protested against the rejection of Rousseau. In general he had not much succes at the Salon, but instead he had good sells through art-dealers (R59, p.184).
At the Exposition Universelle of 1867 he exhibited 12 paintings, all were loans. He received a 2nd class medal. At the Exposition Universelle of 1878 he was ‘attaché au Commissariat des Expositions’. At the Oeuvres d’Art exhibition he showed 4 paintings. At the Centennale there were 19 catalogue numbers, including 12 paintings, 17 drawings and 6 lithographs. At the Centennale Exposition of 1900 there were (at least) 10 paintings of Dupré. It’s striking that most of his works were loans, none came from a museum and just 2 had been exhibited before at the Salon. Dupré was appointed in the Légion d’Honneur, in 1849 as Chevalier and in 1870 as Officier. Note: both years he hadn’t exhibited at the Salon.
1906: in his 1st volume of Le peintre-graveur illustré (XIXe + XXe siècles) Loys Delteil renders 8 etchings of Dupré (R138I;iR6;iR6).
2022/10/15 – 2023/02/05: There was an exhibition on Jules Dupré at Le musée d’Art et d’Histoire Louis-Senlecq in L’Isle-Adam (M179).
(My main sources are: R290,p159-161;R59;R9,p262;R231;iR1;iR23; more info.)

Pictures:

Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1833, The Outskirts of Plymouth, 53x80, Rehs Galleries New York (iR2;iR10) — Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1833, The Outskirts of Plymouth, 53×80, Rehs Galleries New York (iR2;iR10)

Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1837, SDbl, Landscape with Cattle at Limousin, 79x130, Metropolitan (iR6;M23;iR10;iR48;iR1;R231) Compare: S1835-671, Vue prise dans les pacages du Limousin =EU-C-1889-322 — Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1837, SDbl, Landscape with Cattle at Limousin, 79×130, Metropolitan (iR6;M23;iR10;iR48;iR1;R231) Compare: S1835-671, Vue prise dans les pacages du Limousin =EU-C-1889-322

Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1835, Environs de Southampton, 184x115, MLS L'Isle-Adam (iR10;M179;iR13;iR1;R231) =!? S1835-674, Vue prise à Southampton (Angleterre) = =EU-C-1889-323, Environs de Southampton — Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1835, Environs de Southampton, 184×115, MLS L’Isle-Adam (iR10;M179;iR13;iR1;R231) =!? S1835-674, Vue prise à Southampton (Angleterre) = =EU-C-1889-323, Environs de Southampton

Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1840, Fontainebleau Oaks, 81x99, Minneapolis IA (iR2;M155) — Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1840, Fontainebleau Oaks, 81×99, Minneapolis IA (iR2;M155)

Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1865-70, A Fisherman, 46x38, NGC Edinburgh (iRx;M63) — Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1865-70, A Fisherman, 46×38, NGC Edinburgh (iRx;M63)

Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1870ca, The Old Oak, 32x42, NGA Washington (iRx;M21) — Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1870ca, The Old Oak, 32×42, NGA Washington (iRx;M21)

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