Impressionism, a historical reconstruction

‘impressionist’ expositions

1874 – 1886

Overview lenders

 

Who were the lenders to the ‘impressionist’ expositions?
Several art-collectors and art-dealers did lend art-works of the partakers to the 8 ‘impressionist’ expositions from 1874 – 1886.
On this page you will find an overview per year. But first you will find some information on the most important lenders.
See also the overview of loans per partaker.

 

The most important lenders:
As you can see in the overviews per year here below most lenders did lend just 1 or a few art-works to the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Many of these lenders even stayed anomynous. But, there were some lenders that did lend larger amounts of art-works per year and/or throughout the years. They will be mentioned here in order of the largest amount of loans. See for more information on the partakers in the left (or bottom) menu.
Paul Durand-Ruel, the art-dealer, did loan many or even most of the art-works in 1882. The other years he did lend in total 8 paintings: 2 in 1874, 2 in 1876, 2 in 1879 and 2 in 1886. This included 4 paintings of Sisley, 2 of Monet and 2 of Forain.
Gustave Caillebotte, one of the partakers, did lend 19 art-works (he did so with his initials G.C.): 8 in 1877, 10 in 1879 and 1 in 1882. This included 11 works of Pissarro, 4 of Monet, 3 of Degas and 1 of Renoir.
Ernest Hoschedé (1837-1891) did lend 18! paintings in 1877, but nothing in later years. This included 11 paintings of Monet, 4 of Pissarro and 3 of Sisley.
Georges de Bellio (1828-94) did lend a total of 13 art-works: 6 in 1877, 6 in 1879 and 1 in 1881. This included 9 paintings of Monet, 3 of Sisley and 1 of Gauguin.
Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914) did lend a total of 12 paintings: 2 in 1874 and 10! in 1876. This included 9 paintings of Monet and 3 of Degas.
Henri Rouart, one of the partakers, did lent in total 10 art-works: 2 in 1874, 1 in 1877, 5 in 1879, 1 in 1881 and 1 in 1882. This included 3 art-works of Cals, 3 of Degas and 1 of Cassatt, Monet, Pissarro and Vignon. His wife did lend another 2 works in 1879: a drawing of Cals and a fan of Degas. Together they did lend 12 art-works.
George Charpentier and his wife did lend 10 art-works: 7 in 1877, 1+1 in 1879 and 1 in 1882. This included 3 paintings of Sisley, 2 of Renoir, 2 of Monet, 2 of Pissarro and 1 of Forain.
Pierre-Firmin Martin (1817-91), an art-dealer, did lend 5 art-works: 4 of Sisley in 1876 and 1 of Vignon in 1880. Probably his wife did lend 4 art-works of Forain in 1879. So, a total of 9.
Victor Chocquet did lend 8 paintings in 1876, but strangely not later on. This included 6 paintings of Renoir, 1 of Monet and 1 of Pissarro.
Ernest May (1845-1925) did lend in total 8 paintings: 4 in 1879, 3 in 1880 and 1 in 1881. This included 4 works of Degas, and 1 of Caillebotte, Forain, Pissarro and Raffaëlli.
Théodore Duret did lend 6 paintings: 3 in 1877 and 3 in 1879. This included 5 paintings of Monet and 1 of Sisley.
Paul Gauguin, one of the partakers, did lend in total 6 art-works: 3 in 1879, 1 in 1880 and 1 in 1881. This included 5 works of Pissarro and 1 of Guillaumin.
Eugène Murer (=Hyancinthe-Eugène Meunier; 1845-1906) did lend 7 paintings in 1879, but nothing in other years. This included 6 paintings of Pissarro and 1 of Monet.
The art-dealer Georges Petit did lend just 4 art-works: 3 in 1876 (of J.B. Millet) and 1 in 1881 (of Raffaëlli).

 

Partakers that were also lenders:
Some partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions also did loan art-works of other partakers.
Caillebotte is mentioned here above. The same applies to Gauguin and Rouart.
Brandon did lend 3 works of Degas in 1874 (1IE-1874, nos.55+57+61).
Cassatt did lend 3 art-works of Pissarro in 1879 (4IE-1879-200) and in 1881 (6IE-1881,no.75+77).
Alfred Meyer did lend 1 aquarelle of Forain in 1881 (6IE-1881-23).
Degas did lend 1 painting of Gauguin in 1881 (6IE-1881-34).
Astruc did lend a work of Guillaumin in 1886 (8IE-1886-74).
Camille Pissarro did lend 1 painting of Signac in 1886 (8IE-1886-197).
Seurat did lend 1 drawing of Signac in 1886 (8IE-1886-201).
See also owning each others works.

 

1874:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 1st ‘impressionist’ exposition.
All 3 works of Lépine were loans. Most works of Degas were loans (7 out of 10). Other loans were of Attendu (3 out of 7), Sisley (2 out of 6), Béliard (1 out of 4), Cals (3 out of 7), Cézanne (1 out of 3), Guillaumin (1 out of 3), Morisot (1 out of 10), Léon Ottin (1 out of 7), Rouart (1 out of 11). So, in total there had been 24 loans, which is about 11% of all the works exhibited.
Brandon did lent 3 works of Degas (no.55+57+61). Rouart did lent 1 work of Cals (no.38) and 1 of Degas (no.56). Durand-Ruel did lent 2 works of Sisley (no.161+162). Loans of other art-collectors were: Fauré did lent 2 works of Degas (no.54+63). Dr. Gachet did lent 1 work of Cézanne (no.43) and 1 work of Guillaumin (no.66). Other lenders were: Brullé lending 1 work of Lépine; Manet did lent 1 work of Morisot (no.106). Mulbacher did lent 1 work of Degas (no.60). Sporck did lent 1 work of Lépine. There also were anonymous lenders: D. lending 1 work of Béliard (no.13); J. D. lending 2 works of Attendu (no.11+12) and 1 of Rouart (no.150);  H. lending 1 work of Cals (no.39); M. lending 1 work of Cals (no.37) and 1 of Lépine (no.83); T. N. lending 1 work of Léon Ottin (no.134); A. Q. lending 1 work of Attendu (no.7). So, in total there were 15 lenders (R410,p223).

 

1876:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 2nd ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Many works of Sisley, Renoir, Jean-Baptiste Millet and Monet were loans: 8 out of 10 of Sisley; 12 out of 19 of Renoir; 6 out of 10 of Millet; 10 out of 19 of Monet. Other loans were of Degas (1 out of 24), Lepic (1 out of 49), Léon Ottin (3 out of 22) and Pissarro (1 out of 12). So, in total there had been 42 loans, which is about 14% of all the works exhibited.
The most important lenders were Fauré and Chocquet. Fauré did lend 9 paintings of Monet (nos.148-160) and 1 of Degas (no.37). Victor Chocquet, mostly miswritten as Choquet, did lend 6 paintings of Renoir and 1 of Monet (no.158) and 1 of Pissarro (no.199). Other important lenders were the art-dealers Père Martin, who did lend 4 paintings of Sisley (nos.237+239+240+243) and Georges Petit, who did lend 3 works of Millet (nos.140+141+144). Other lenders were Brame lending 1 work of Millet (no.138), Dollfus lending 2 works of Renoir (nos.217 +220), Durand-Ruel lending 2 paintings of Sisley (nos.241+242), André Gill lending 1 work of Léon Ottin (no.196), Haro lending 2 works of Jean-Baptiste Millet (no.139+143), Arsène Houssaye lending 1 work of Lepic (no.134), Mme Latouche 1 painting of Sisley (no.238), Legrand lending 1 painting of Renoir (no.233) and 1 of Sisley (no.244), Manet lending 1 work of Renoir (no.224), Poupin lending 2 paintings of Renoir (no.209+219). There were also anonymous  lenders: for Léon Ottin L.M. (no.188) and Mme O. (no.193).

 

1877:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Several works were loans: of Degas (7 out of 26), of Monet (21 out of 31), of Pissarro (8 out of 22), of Renoir (4 out of 21), of Sisley (11 out of 18). So, in total there had been 51 loans, which is about 21% of all the 246 works exhibited.
The most important lenders were de Bellio (6x), Caillebotte (8x), Charpentier (7x) and Hoschedé (18x). De Belio did lend 3 paintings of Monet (nos.95+96+98) and 3 of Sisley (no.214-216). Caillebotte did lend 3 paintings of Degas (no.37+45+47), 1 of Monet (no.115), 3 of Pissarro (no.163+180+181) and 1 of Renoir (no. 185). Charpentier did lend 1 work of Monet (no.106), 1 of Pissarro (no.172), 2 of Renoir (no.187+188) and 3 of Sisley (no.217+218+221). Hoschedé lending 11 works of Monet (see nos.90-112), 4 of Pissarro (no.170+171+175+176) and 3 of Sisley (no.211-213).
Other lenders were Daudet lending 1 work of Renoir (no.189); Duret lending 2 works of Monet (no.94+110) and 1 of Sisley (no.219); Fromenthal lending 1 work of Monet (no.111); Édouard Manet lending 1 work of Monet (no.103) and 1 of Sisley (no.220); Gustave Manet lending 1 work of Monet (no.104); Rouart lending 1 work of Degas (no.50). There were also anonymous  lenders: for Degas Ch. H. (maybe Charles Hayem; no.43), H. H. (maybe Henry Hill; no.38) and V.

 

1879:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 4th ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Several works were loans: of Marie Bracquemond (1=3 out of 4); of Caillebotte (6 out of 29); of Cals (4 out of 14); of Cassatt (1 out of 12); of Degas (11 out of 25), of Forain (22! out of 26); of Monet (23! out of 32), of Pissarro (22! out of 39). So, in total there had been 92 loans, which is about 1/3 of all the 274 works exhibited.
The most important lenders were: de Bellio (nos.145+146+152+164+165+166 of Monet); Caillebotte (no. 143+144 of Monet; nos.181+182+183+184+185+186+192+204 of Pissarro); Eugène Murer (no.162 of Monet; no.174+175+176+177+187+203 of Pissarro);
Other lenders were Angelo (no.104 of Forain); Baudry (no.138 of Monet); Félix bouchor (no.91 of Forain); Brame (no.72+77 of Degas); A. C. (no.11 of Caillebotte); Mme A. de C. (no.71 of Degas); Chabrier (no.153 of Monet); Georges Charpentier (no.199 of Pissarro); Mme Georges Charpentier (no.98 of Forain); Chéramy (no.86 of Forain); Coquelin (no.99 of Forain); Coquelin Cadet (no.64 of Degas; no.100 of Forain); Alphonse Daudet (no.105+106 of Forain); Doucet (no.87 of Forain); Duez (no.147 of Monet); Durand-Ruel (no.159+160 of Monet); Duret (nos.139+140+141 of Monet); Frat (no.157 of Monet); Gauguin (no.178+179+189 of Pissarro); Camille Groult (no.70 of Degas); Guillemet (no.163 of Monet); Paul Hugot (no.14 of Caillebotte); Mme H. (no.43 of Cals); Mme L. H. (no.78 of Degas); Charles Haviland (no.1 of Marie Bracquemond); Charles Hayem (no.158 of Monet); Hecht (nos.88+92+94+96 of Forain); Léon Hennique (no.107 of Forain); Joris-Karl Huysmans (no.95 of Forain); Jouron (no.93 of Forain); K. (no.12+30 of Caillebotte); Mll L. (no.190+191+195 of Pissarro); Mme H. Lamy (no.89 of Forain); Paul-Eugène Lecadre (no.155 of Monet); Georges Mayer (no.26 of Caillebotte); Mme Pierre-Firmin Martin (no.97+101+102+103 of Forain); Ernest May (no.28 of Caillebotte; no.61+65 of Degas; no.90 of Forain); Henri Michel-Lévy (no.69 of Degas); Henri Rouart (no.38+39 of Cals; no.50 of Cassatt; no.66 of Degas; no.142 of Monet); Mme Henri Rouart (no.42 of Cals; no.79 of Degas); Schlessinger (no.156 of Monet); Mll T. (no.180 of Pissarro).

 

1880:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 5th ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Several works were loans: of Degas (3 out of 22), of Forain (1 out of 12), of Guillaumin (5 out of 26), of Pissarro (2 out of 29), of Jean-François Raffaëlli (14 out of 46), of Vignon (2 out of 9). So, in total there had been 27 loans, which is about 9% of all the 309 works exhibited.
The lenders were: Aguiar (no.71 of Guillaumin; Bonnet (no. 70 of Guillaumin); Jules Claretie (no.172 of Raffaëlli; Doucet no.138 (of Pissarro) and no. 152 (of Raffaëlli); Mme Durand (no.145 of Raffaëlli); Duranty (no.175 of Raffaëlli); Mme G. (no.81 of Guillaumin); Gauguin (no.128 of Pissarro); Heilbuth (no.162+163 of Raffaëlli); Joris-Karl Huysmans (no.154 of Raffaëlli); L. (no.41 of Degas); Levallois (no.148 of Raffaëlli); Mll. V. de M. (no.45 of Raffaëlli); Père Martin (no.222 of Vignon); Massé (no.177 of Raffaëlli); Ernest May no.35 + 40 (of Degas) and no.161 ( of Raffaëlli); Murat (no.224 of Vignon); Parard (no.76 of Guillaumin); Perrinet (no. 64 of Guillaumin); Mll. C. S. (no.178 of Raffaëlli); Salomon (no.150 of Raffaëlli); S. T. (no.169 of Raffaëlli); Taigny (no.94 of Raffaëlli).

 

1881:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 6th ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Several works were loans: of  Forain (2 out of 10), of Gauguin (2 out of 10), Guillaumin (1 out of 16), of  Pissarro (14 out of 28), of Raffaëlli (15 out of 34), of Vignon (1 out of 15) and of Zandomeneghi (1 out of 5). I assume that all of the works of Cals also were loans, I assume at least 4. So, in total there had been 37+4=41 loans, which is about 22% of all the 186 works exhibited.
The following lenders did lent works of Pissarro: Paul Bérard 1 (no.79); Mary Cassatt 2 (no.75+77); Clappisson 1 (no.74); Dreyfus 1 (no.76); Charles Ephrussi 1 (no.80); Ernest May 1 (no.78); J. P. 2 (no.63+64); P. 3 (no.65-67); Henri Rouart 1 (no.81).
The following lenders did lent works of Jean-François Raffaëlli: Drake del Castillo 1 (no.119); Célérier 1 (no.118); Jules Claretie 1 (no.115); Ayarra de Garay 1 (no.111); Mlle Gabrielle Gauthier 1 (no.117); Charles Hayem 1 (no.104); Dr Heurteloup 1 (no.97); H. de Lamonta 1 (no.123); Oppenheim 1 (no.108); Georges Petit 1 (no.124); Raoul Toché 1 (no.94); Albert Wolff 2 (no.95+96).
Other lenders were Dr. Georges de Bellio lending 1 work of Gauguin (no.33); Ernest Blum lending 1 work of Forain (no.22) and 3 of Raffaëlli (no.91-93); Edgar Degas 1 of Gauguin (no.34); G. 1 of Zandomeneghi (no.169); Paul Gauguin 1 of Guillaumin (no.43) and 1 of Pissarro (no.82); Alfred Meyer 1 of Forain (no.23); Mitrecey 1 of Vignon (no.165).

 

1882:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 7th ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Most of the exhibited art-works were probably owned by the art-dealer Durand-Ruel, who had a large share in the organisation. There were just 7 loans of others which is about 3% of all the works exhibited. The loans were works of Guillaumin 1x (no.45); Monet 4x (no.57+58+69+91); Vignon (no.189+190). The lenders were Caillebotte did lent 1 work of Monet (no.69), Cahuzac 2 of Monet (no.57+91), Charpentier 1 of Monet (no.58), Rouart 1 of Vignon (no.189). There were also anonymous  lenders: for Guillaumin P. (no.45) and for Vignon D. (no.190).

 

1886:
Here below you will find an overview of the lenders of art-works of the partakers of the 8th ‘impressionist’ exposition.
Several works were loans: of Cassatt (4 out of 7), of Degas (7 out of 15), of Forain (8 out of 13+1hc=14), of Guillaumin (4 out of 21), of Lucien Pissarro (about 5 out of 32), of Redon (6 out of 15), of Rouart (5 out of 27), of Seurat (3 out of 9), of Signac (7 out of 18) and of Vignon (4 out of 17). So, in total there had been 53 loans, which is about 18% of all the 301 works exhibited.
One larger lenders was the unknown ‘M’ who did lend 5 works of Rouart (no.139+142+144+146+163). All the others were many small lenders: Mme A. lending 1 work of Degas (no.14), Paul Alexis lending 1 work of Signac (no.198), André lending 1 work of Vignon (no.232), Appert lending 1 work of Seurat (no.180), Zacharie Astruc lending 1 work of Guillaumin (no.74), Aubry lending 1 work of Vignon (no.234), E. B. (=Emile Boussod) lending 2 works of Degas (no.19+20), R. B. lending 1 work of Degas (no.21), Beauvais lending 1 work of Vignon (no.230), Berend lending 1 work of Cassatt (no.7) and 1 of Guillaumin (no.75), H. (=Haviland) lending 1 work of Cassatt (no.12), Brethous-Lafargue lending 1 work of Redon (no.132), Brulé lending 1 work of Vignon (no.229), Donnadille lending 1 work of Forain (no.40), Durand-Ruel lending 2 works of Forain (no.29+33), Comte de F. lending 1 work of Forain (no.38), Fabre lending 1 work of Redon (no.130), Charles Haviland lending 1 work of  Marie Bracquemond (no.1) and 1 of Cassatt (no.12), Charles Hayem lending 3 works of Redon (no.133+135+138), Heymann lending 1 work of Signac (no.192), Huysmans lending 1 work of Redon (no.129) and 1 of Seurat (no.182) and 1 of Signac (no.200), Mendez lending 1 work of Guillaumin (no.68), Menier lending 1 work of Forain (no.30), Nunès lending 1 work of Cassatt (no.13) and 1 of Guillaumin (no.79), Mme de P. lending 1 work of Forain (no.37), Personnaz lending 1 work of Cassatt (no.8), Camille Pissarro lending 1 work of Signac (no.197), Alexis Rouart lending 1 work of Degas (no.15), Mme Robert-Caze lending 1 work of Seurat (no.183) and 1 of Signac (no.199), Mme S. lending 1 work of Forain (no.39), Mlle J. S. lending 1 work of Signac (no.190), Seurat lending 1 work of Signac (no.201) and Mme T. lending 1 work of Forain (no.34). About 5 works of Lucien Pissarro belonged to the Revue Illustrée (no.122)

 

Sources:
The most important sources are the catalogues as rendered by Charles S. Moffett (1886=R2) and Ruth Berson (1996=R90I) and the overview Berson renders (R90II,p285-294).

 

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