Introduction:
Landscapes are a dominant theme that the Impressionists depicted. It is interesting to compare the landscapes of Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Caillebotte and others with the landscapes that were made between 1887 and 1900. A period in which the Impressionists developed their painting style. What are the similarities? What are the differences?
We see that these landscapes often were made on a (specific) location and (partly) made en-plein-air. We also see that they often depict atmospherical influences like time of day, seasons and weather conditions. Both are also carateristic for the impressionist painting style. But, mostly the colours are more subdued, with brownish and greyish hues. And mostly there are more details rendered.
Here below you will find some examples. I will render the picture alphabetical per artist and then (when possible) chronological. I will leave out paintings of which the dating is too obscure; in which figures are very dominant and of which the quality is too poor. Note: In the future I hope to add more pictures and maybe create seperate pages for marines, cityviews and figures in a landscape.
If you double click on the first picture and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
Landscapes French painters:
Henri Biva (1848-1928): 1898, SDbr, Villeneuve-l’Etang, le matin (sic?), 95×155, Museum (iR10;R231-3+4;R337/1897+1898+1900) Expos: compare: SdAF-1897-177, Le matin à Villeneuve-l’Etang; =? SdAF-1898-214, Villeneuve-l’Etang; le soir; compare: SdAF-1898-215, Villeneuve-l’Etang; le matin (bought by the State?); compare: SdAF-1900-134, Dans le parc de Villeneuve-l’Etang, le soir; =EU-1900-D-191, Villeneuve-l’Etang, le soir (illustrated).
Léon Bonnat (1833-1922): 1898, Pays Basque, 140×195, Orsay (M1;iR10;iR1;R231-3+4+13) =SdAF-1899-232; =EU-1900-D-215, Pays Basque; paysage (hors concours) -> bought by the State.
Bouguereau (1825-1905): 1900, SDbr, Childhood Idyll, 102×130, Denver AM (iR6;iR460;iR10;R231-3;M158) =!? EU-1900-D-cl7-244, Idylle enfantine, appartient à M. Knoedler.
Jules Breton (1827-1906): 1895-96, The last gleanings, 93×140, Huntington Library San Marino (iR2;iR10;R231-3;R472,no227) =? EU-1900-D-295, Les dernières glanes; esquisse.
Jean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901): 1876, Sbr, L’Orage (The storm), 90×117, Orsay (M1;iR10;R231-iR3+4+6+13) =!? EU-1889-OdA-276 (à M. H. Adam) -> Officier LdH; =? EU-1900-C-84, (1874) (à Mme Bartet); =?? EU-1900-D-398 (à Mme Bartet) -> Grand Prix.
Jean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901): 1894ca, Mesnilval, 88×107, MPP Paris (iR6;iR10;R231-3+4+13;M4) =!? EU-1900-D-392, Mesnilval (à la Ville de Paris) -> Grand Prix.
Émile-Charles Dameron (1848-1908): 18??, Sbr, Forteresse d’Angles-sur-l’Anglin, 38×55, A2025/07/06 (iR11;iR10;R231-3+4+13) Compare: EU-1900-D-543, La vallée et le château d’Angles-sur-l’Anglin (Vienne); effet du soir (à l’État) (hors concours)
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904): 1895-96ca, Summer afternoon on a lake, 60×92, private (iR2;iR6;iR10)
J.-B.-Antoine Guillemet (1843-1918): 1891, La Seine à Conflans-Charenton, 128×196, H&A Galleries New York (iR10;iR1;R231-3+4+13) =SdAF-1892-823; =EU-1900-D-954, La Seine à Conflans-Charenton (hors concours).
Henri-Joseph Harpignies (1819-1916): 1897, SDbl, The Lake, 27×41, FM Cambridge (M184;iR10;R231-3+4+13) =EU-1900-D980, La Loire (à M. Paul Yver) -> Grand Prix.
Paul Madeline (1863-1920): 1898, Sbl, La Sédelle vue depuis la colline des ruines de Crozant, 115×146, gallerie Le Serbon Paris (iR10;iR1;R231-3+4+13) =SdAF-1899-1286; compare: EU-1900-D-1291, La Sedelle à Crozant (Creuse) (mention honorable).
Henri Martin (1860-1943), 1899, Serenity (Le Bois Sacré), 367×544, MBA Lyon (M1;iR6;iR1;R231-3+4+13;M217) =SdAF-1899-1343 (bought by the State); =EU-1900-D-1324, Sérénité (à l’État) (Grand Prix).
Émile-René Ménard (1862-1930): 18??, Cattle grazing in a wooded landscape, 85×122, A2006/11/30 (iR17;iR15;R231-3+4+13) Compare: EU-1900-D-1347, Orage sur la forêt (à M. S.) (golden medal).
Émile-René Ménard (1862-1930), 1898-99, Terre Antique, Agrigente, ?cm, Orsay (iR108;M1;iR10;iR1;R231-3+4+13) =SNBA-1899 (bought by the state); =EU-1900-D-1350, Terre Antique (Agrigente) (à l’État, Musée du Luxembourg) (golden medal)
Émile-René Ménard (1862-1930): 18??, Baigneuse à l’étang au crépuscule (Harmonie de soir), 65×65, A2009/06/23 (iR17;iR15;iR64;R231-3+4+13;R297,p347) =EU-1900-D-1352, Le soir (à M. Swann) (golden medal); GP-(SN?)-1914-625
Fernand-Juste Quignon (1854-1941): 1889, Buckwheat, 172×241, MBA Nantes (iR10;iR489;iR4;iR1;R231-3+4+13;M16) =SdAF-1889-2218 (bought by the State); =EU-1900-D-1549, Le Blé noir (à l’État) (silver medal).
Albert Rigolot (1862-1932): 18??, Paysage d’Automne, 66×100, BADA (A2023/08/18?) (iR10;iR86) =!? EU-1900-D-1613, La mare aux fées (Fontainebleau) (silver medal).
Albert Rigolot (1862-1932): 1897, Route de Kadarda à Bou-Saada, 131×187, Orsay (iR10;M1;iR1;R231-3+4+13) =SdAF-1897-1437 (bought by the State); =EU-1900-D-1614, Sur la route de Kadarda à Bou-Saïda (Algérie) (à l’État) (silver medal).
Albert Wallet (1852-1918): 1896, Sbr, La Source sur les hauteurs de Dennemont (Sunset landscape at Follainville-Dennemont; Yvelines), 74×101, Antikeo.com (iR10;R231-3+4+13) Expos: =SdAF-1896-2029; Compare: EU-1900-D-1917, La Source (à M. Roty) (bronze medal)
Landscapes foreign painters:
It is also interesting to compare the Impressionist with foreign landscapists. Note: in the future I will make a page with short info on several foreign painters.
Émile Claus (1849-1924): 1899, Cows crossing the Lys River, 200×305, MRBA Brussels (iR6;iR10;R231-3+13;R472,p79;M80) =EU-1900-D-BE-19, Passage des vaches (-> médaille d’or).
Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905): 1890, Christ and Mary Magdalene (a Finnish Legend), 221×154, Ateneum Taidemuseo Helsinki (iR6;iR10;R231-3;R472,no244) =EU-1900-D-RU-49, Le Christ et la Madeleine, légende finnoise (jury; hors concours)
Jozef Israëls (1824-1911): 1868ca (1884), Huiswaarts (Homeward bound), 100×160, KM The Hague (iR492;iR10;R416,p170;R231-3+13;R481,p203;M71) Provenance: Crone. Expo: compare: EU-1900-D-NL-36, Retour des champs (-> Grand Prix)
Jozef Israëls (1824-1911): 1868-69, Huiswaarts (The parting day), 42×84, A2013/10/28 (iR10;iR15;iR13;R416,no22+p38;R231-3+13;R481,p203) Provenance: Verloren; Goupil; 1887-1907 Hopkinson; Secor; Toledo Museum. Expos: =EU-1873-Vienna-73; compare: EU-1900-D-NL-36, Retour des champs (-> Grand Prix)
Prince Eugène (1865-1947): 1895, A Summer Night at Tyresö, 78×144, Nm Stockholm (iR6;iR10;iR155;R472,no12;R231-3+4;M91) =EU-1900-D-SE-24, Nuit d’été (au Musée national)
Giovanni Segantini (1858-99): 1898-99, La vie, 190×320, SM Saint-Moritz (iR10;iRx;iR6;R481,p223) =EU-1900-D-It-95-2, Tryptique: la nature, la vie, la mort.
Giovanni Segantini (1858-99): 1897-99, La nature (Le coucher du soleil dans la Haute-Engadine), 236×403, SM Saint-Moritz (iR10;iR6;R481,p215;R231-3) =EU-1900-D-It-95-1, Tryptique: la nature, la vie, la mort.
Alfred Wahlberg (1834-1906): 18xx, Sbl, Summer landscape, 46×61, Axx (iR6;R231-3+4+13) Compare: EU-1900-D-SE-78, Au Clair de lune (R231-4) (golden medal)
