Introduction: On this page you will find some pre-impressionist paintings. They will be rendered by alphabetically and then chronologically.
See links for more info on Pre-Impressionism and for an overview of the pre-impressionists.
See links for more info and pictures on Chintreuil; Corot; Courbet; Daubigny; Diaz; Dupré; Louis Français; Jacques; Jongkind; J.F. Millet; Rousseau; Troyon;
It is interesting to compare them with those of the Impressionists. It is interesting to see if these ‘para-impressionists’ used elements of the impressionist painting style and in what way they did differ from it.
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Aligny (1798-1871): 1833ca, Careers in the forest of Fontainebleau, 163×215, MARQ Clermont-Ferrand (?) (iR10;iR360;iR1;M199) =S1833, Vue prise des carriers de grés du Mont Saint-Père, forêt de Fontainebleau
Rosa Bonheur (1822-99): 1849, Plowing in the Nivernais, 134×260, Orsay (iR6;iR8;iR3;M1) =S1849-204 (-> 1st class medal; commissioned and bought by the State); =London-EU-1862-129; =EU-C-1889-69.
Rosa Bonheur (1822-99): 1852-55, The horse fair, 245×507, Metropolitan (iR6;M23) =S1853-134, Marché aux cheveaux de Paris
Rosa Bonheur (1822-99): 1853-55, Haymaking in the Auvergne, 213×422, MNCH Fontainebleau (iR155;iR6;iR23;iR1;R231-1;M1;M284) 1854 purchased by the State for 20.000fr; Expos: =EU-1855-2587, La fenaison (Auvergne); Fontainebleau, musée national du Château (-> 1st class medal); =!? EU-C-1900-43, La Fenaison (en Auvergne).
Cabat (1812-93): 1833ca, The lake of Ville d’Avray, 73×110, Louvre (iR357;iR10;iR1;R290,p133) =S1834-253, Vue de l’étang de Ville-d’Avray (2nd class medal, paysage)
Cabat (1812-93): 1834, Vue de Gorge-aux-Loups, Forêt de Fontainebleau, 114×153, Louvre (iR357;iR10;iR94;iR1;M5) =S1835-285, Vue de la Gorge-aux-Loups (Seine-et-Marne) (bought by the state)
Cabat (1812-93): 1875, A Shepherd with his Flock, 60×101, private (iR2;iR94)
Cabat (1812-93): 18xx, Le jardin Beaujon (iR10;iR94;iR11;iR1;R231) =? S1834-252, Vue du jardin Beaujon, à Paris = EU-C-1889-114, Le Jardin Beaujon (2nd class medal, paysage)
Antoine Chintreuil (1814-73): 18??, L930, Le soleil boit la rosée du matin, 240×160, MBA Strasbourg (iR155;iR10;aR2,V7,no930;) Expos: S1866-399, Le soleil boit la rosée du matin; EdBA-1874-162; HD1875/02-85;
Chintreuil (1814-73): 1856, L331, A summer (sic?) landscape with figures by the wayside, 33×65, A2016/03/18 (iR10;iR17;iR390;R231-1+2;aR2,V4,no331) Compare: EU-1900-C-106, La Rigole d’Igny (journée de printemps par un temps de giboulée (1856) (à Mme Esnault-Pelterie) =L338.
Antoine Chintreuil (1814-73): 18xx, L892, Le Chemin sous les pommiers (Path through the apple trees; detail), 34×71, MBA Rouen (HW18;iR127;aR2,V7,no892;M12)
Corot (1796-1875): 1826, CR130, The bridge at Narni (study), 34×48, Louvre (iR10;iR326;iR6;iR23;R61,no5;R222,p28;R119,no130;M5)
Corot (1796-1875): 1855-65, CR1464, The road from Sèvres, looking towards Paris, 34×49, Louvre (iR2;R61,no37;R119,no1464;M5)
Corot (1796-1875): 1855-64 ca, Evening, 35×46, Hermitage (iR2;R15,p65;M95)
Gustave Courbet (1819-77): 1860, CR264, Fox caught in a trap, 82×101, NMWA Tokyo (iR6;iR1;R231-1;R110,no264;M127) Expos: =?? S1861-720, Le renard dans la neige; =EU-1900-C-146, Le Renard pris au piège (à M. Klotz).
Gustave Courbet (1819-77): 1864, RF417=PC395, The Oak at Flagey (The Oak of Vercingetorix), 89×110, MC Ornans (iR6;iR313) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (RdE-1873-8, Le chêne d’Ornans, 90x100cm (R243)
Gustave Courbet (1819-77): 1868, CR643, SDbr, Napping during the haying season, 249×310, PP Paris (iR6;iR10;iR1;R231-1;R110,no643;M4) Expos: S1869-572, La sieste, pendant la saison des foins; montagnes du Doubs; EU-1900-C-144, La Sieste (à la Ville de Paris)
Gustave Courbet (1819-77): 1869, The Cliff at Etretat, after the storm, 133×162, Orsay (iR2;iR6;R110,p745;M1) Expos: S1870-67; ENSBA-1882-107.
Gustave Courbet (1819-77): 1870, SDbl, CR747, La mer orageuse, 117×160, Orsay (M1;iR10;iR6;iR23;iR1;R110,no747;R231-1+2+5) Provenance: Carlin; sale HD1872/04/29-3 (17.000fr); Haro; 1878 bought by the State. Expos: S1870-671, La mer orageuse; EU-1878-214, La Vague (S.1870; M.du Luxembourg); Compare: EdBA-1882-106; EU-1889-C-205, La Vague (1870) (à M. Otlét); EU-1900-C-149, La vague, (à M. Albert Cahen).
Charles-François Daubigny (1817-78): 1855, The lock in the Valley of Optivoz (Isere), 92×162, MBA Rouen (iR2;iR1;R1,p16;R290,p142;M12) =EU=S1855-2844, Ecluse dans la vallée d’Optevoz (Isère) -> 3rd class medal + =EU-C-1889-217, Ecluse dans la vallée d’Optevoz
Daubigny (1817-78): 1872, SDbl, Moulins à Dordrecht, ?cm, Detroit IA (iR155;iR10;M151) Provenance: ? Durand-Ruel (RdE-1873-202, Bateaux et moulins en Hollande, 45x82cm.
Daubigny (1817-78): 1877, Moonrise at Auvers (Return of the Flock), 107×188, Montreal MFA (iR2;iR1;R231;M110) =EU-1878-233, Lever de lune, à Auvers (Seine-et-Oise)
Daumier (1808-79): 1848-52ca, Sbr, The Fugitives, on paper, 40×69, Km Winterthur (iR10;M87;R231-1+2) Provenance: Oskar Reinhart. Expo: =EU-1900-C-181, Les émigrants (à M. Sarlin)
Daumier (1808-79): 1852, The orchestra during the performance of a tragedy, litho, 16×22, Metropolitan (aR2,p166). Degas collection.
Honoré Daumier (1808-79): 1860ca, Le drame, 98×91, Pinakothek Munich (iR493;R231-1;iR261;iR19;M53) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/02-04,no.14 (28.100fr); =EU-1900-C-183, Le Drame (à M. Viau); EdBA-1901-82; Vienna-EdI-1903-18.
Daumier (1808-79): 1860-63, CR152, L’amateur d’estampes (The print collector), 40×32, AI Chicago (iR493;iR10;R231-1;M20) Provenance: Corot; HD1875/05/26-663; Jacquot; !? Vever; !? Viau. Expos:=EU-1900-C-182, L’Amateur (à M. Viau); EdBA-1901-81; =? 17LE-1910.
Honoré Daumier (1808-79): 1863-65, Sbr, The Third-Class Carriage, 65×90, NGC Ottawa (M113;iR6;iR10;R455-1) Provenance: Armand Doria; HD1899/05/04-127, Le wagon de 3me classe, 67×92 (46.500fr)
Daumier (1808-79): 1864, Always Vénuses (Salon of 1864), dr, Le Charivari 1865/05/10 (iR10;iR6)
Diaz (1807-76): 1865ca, Pool in the Forest, 24×33, NGS Edinburgh (iR2;M63;cpR290,p158)
Diaz (1807-76): 1870, The approaching storm, 84×106, NSM Pasadena (iR2;M43)
Diaz (1807-76): 1871, Sunset of the turbulent sea, 79×107, private (iR2)
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): 1836, SDbl, Cows crossing a ford, 36×63, Metropolitan (iR10;M23;iR6;R231-1+2) =EU-1900-C-268, Le passage du Gué (à M. Moreau-Nélaton)
Jules Dupré (1811-89): 1865-70, A Fisherman, 46×38, NGC Edinburgh (iRx;M63)
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 Huet (1803-69): 1830, Chaumière Normande, vieux Trouville, 23×38, Louvre (iRx;M5)
Paul Huet (1803-69): 1835ca, The Harvest, 64×80, private (iR2)
Paul Huet (1803-69): 1853, Breakers at Granville Point, 68×103, Louvre (iR2;M5)
Paul Huet (1803-69): 1865ca, Landscape, Hunter in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 37×53, MF Montpellier (iR2;M14)
Jacque (1813-94): 1870-73ca, Herd of Sheep in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 68×99, private (iR2)
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1852, Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, sunset, 107×169, KMM Otterlo (iR5;iR1;R177,p23+24;M72) =S1852-706, Saint-Valery-en-Caux; soleil couchant; 3rd class medal (Marine)
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1857, SDbl, Windmill near Delft, 56×42, TBM Madrid (M100;iR6)
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1867, SDbr, Canal in Holland in the Moonlight, 34×46, private (iR2;R455-1) Provenance: Armand Doria; HD1899/05/04-161, Canal en Hollande au clair de lune, 33×46 (7.650fr)
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1873, SDbr, Cityview of Rotterdam (with canal), 116×85, M Rotterdam (M272;iR6;R177,p38) =S1874-R =HD1878/04/29-31 Faure sale.
George Michel (1763-1843): 1795ca, Chaumière à la lisière d’un bois (La dune), 52×70, MBA Reims (iR6;R231;R243;M190) Provenance: Greverath; Durand-Ruel (RdE-1873-50, Un berger); Vasnier. Expo: =EU-1900-C-466, La ferme (à Vasnier)
George Michel (1763-1843): Big oak near a road, 65×82, A2024/04/17 (iR11;R243) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (RdE-1873-188, Chênes près dúne route)
George Michel (1763-1843): Paysage orageux à la cascade, 51×70, A2026/06/05 (iR11;iR10;R243) Durand-Ruel (RdE-1873-62, Une chute d’eau)
George Michel (1763-1843): Stormy landscape, 52×67, MBA Lyon (iR469;iR10;M217) RdE-1873-278 (R243)
Jean-François Millet: 1856-60ca, The Sheepfold, Moonlight, 44×63, WAM Baltimore (iRx;iR6;R231;R243;M48) Expo: EU-1867-477, Un parc à moutons; claire de lune (à M. le chavelier de Knyff. Provenance: Chevalier A. de Knyff; Carlin (sale 1872/04/29-19); Durand-Ruel (RdE-1873-24, La Bergerie, 46×63).
Jean-François Millet (1814-75): 1861ca, Potato Planters, 83×101, MFA Boston (iRx;M22;R231) =EU1867-479, Planteurs de pommes de terre.
Jean-François Millet (1814-75): 1862-64, Bergère avec son troupeau, 81×101, Orsay (iRx;M1;iR1;R231) =S1864-1362 (-> medal) =EU1867-475
Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867): 1830-39ca, Market Place in Normandy, op, 30×38, Hermitage (iR2;iR6;M95)
Theodore Rousseau (1812-1867): 1840ca, A tree in Fontainebleau Forest (Solitairy oaktree; Etude du Dormoir), 40×54, VAM London (iR6;M65)
Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867): 1851, The Forest of Fontainbleau, morning, 98×134, Wallace London (iR2) Compare EU-1855-3931
Rousseau (1812-1867): 1860-62ca, A Clearing in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 77×145, Norfolk Museum (iR2)
Constant Troyon (1810-65): 1825-47, Cours d’eau sous bois, 33×47, Louvre (iR357;iR23;iR6;M5;R231-1) =EU-1900-C-636, Sous bois (à M. Moreau-Nélaton)
Constant Troyon (1810-65): 1825-65ca, A farmer in his wagon, 60×74, Md Tessé Mans (iR6;iR23;iR10;R231-1) Provenance: bought in 1865. Expo: =? EU-1900-C-635, Un fermier dans sa charette (Musée du Mans)
Constant Troyon (1810-65): 1849, The Approaching Storm, 116×158, NGA Washington (iRx;M21)
Constant Troyon (1810-65): 1859, On the Way to the Market, 261×211, Hermitage (iR2;iR1;M95;R290,p195) =!? S1859-2902, Le départ pour le marché
Emile van Marcke van Lummen (1827-90): 1872ca, Sbl, The Approach of a Storm, 146×201, WAM Baltimore (M48;iR6;R337) Expo: =S1872-1477, Landes du bassin d’Arcachon, Gironde (à M. Walters). Provenance: Walters (1872) Compare: Durand-Ruel inventory: RdE-1873-197, Troupeau de vaches passant un gué, 150×200 + RdE-1873-111, Landes du bassin d’Arcachon, 99x150cm (R243)