Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:
Jean-François Raffaëlli
(1850-1924)
at the 6th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1881
an impression of his exhibited art-works
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 6IE-1881-122, Bonhomme venant de peindre sa barrière =1881ca, Fellow having just painted his fence (detail), oil dr, 65×50, A2014/05/09 (iR14;iR11;iR2;R90II,p197;R2,p338;R1,p434) =se1884-55.
Which art-works did Raffaëlli exhibit in 1881? On this page below you will see an accounted impression of the about 34 art-works that Jean-François Raffaëlli probably exhibited at the 6th ‘impressionist’ exposition of 1881 in Paris (catalogue numbers 91-124). Rafffaëlli depicted many ragpickers and ordinary people. I render the pictures in order of form and in a more thematical order. Note: If you double click on the first (of a cluster of) pictures and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-91, Les déclassés; appartient à M. Ernest Blum =1881, Absinthe drinkers, 110×110, A2010/05/04 (iR2;iR11;iR59;R2,p368;R90II,p195;R3,p211) =se1884-81 (aR14,p13)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-118, Déclassé. Compare:1880, The Absinth Drinker, 50×32, MAMC Liège (iR2;R2,p355;R90II,p186)
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 1879ca, Artist painting (self-portrait), 52×53, Philadelphia MA (iR204;iR2;iR22;R2,p355;R90,p185;M28) =? se1884-93 (aR14,p14); compare: 6IE-1881-107, Portrait de l’Auteur.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-93, Homme regardant dans une tranchée. Maybe?: 1880ca, Le cheminot dans la neige (the begger), 53×38, A2015/12/16 (iR14;iR11;iR204;iR10;R2,p355) Compare 5IE-1880-154.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-100, Cassant une croûte. Compare: 1898, D37, Two friends, colour etch, 21×13, A2015/09/25 (iR10;iR13;R138XVI,no37;R90II,p196;R2,p355) = EU1900
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-100, Cassant une croûte. Maybe: 1879, (The vagebond) On the road, 56×38, GM Beverly Hills (iR155;iR10;R90II,p172;R2,p355) Comepare 5IE-1880-161.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-111, Chiffonnier au bord des Carrières. Maybe?: 18xx, le chiffonnier, xx, xx (iR204;iR122;iR10;R2,p355;R90II,p186) Compare: se1884-138 (aR14,p16).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-111, Chiffonnier au bord des Carrières. Maybe?: 18xx, Le Chiffonnier, on panel, 23×9, A2002/10/30 (iR15;iR11;iR204;R2,p355;R90II,p186). Compare: se1884-138 (aR14,p16).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-116, Homme portant un sac, aquarelle. Compare: 18xx, The vagabond, on panel, 23×11, A2001/05/01 (iR13;R2,p355;R90II,p186)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-123, Chiffonnier tenant un panier. Maybe?: 18xx, Le chiffonnier (the ragpicker), 42×34, A2020/06/23 (iR6;iR15;iR14;iR11;iR2;R2,p355;R90II,p186)
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 6IE-1881-92, Cantonnier, Paris 4 k. I, appartient à M. Ernest Blum = 18xx, roadmender, wc + pastel, 48×31, NLm Hannover (R90II,p196+184;R2,p355;R138XVI,no57;M56) =se1884-10. Compare Delteil 57.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-92, Cantonnier, Paris 4 k. 1. Compare: 1904, D57, Le cantonnier sur la Borne, colour etch, 28×20, A2015/09/24 (iR11;R138XVI,no57;R90II,p196;aR7)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-96, Marchand d’ails et d’échalotes =? 1880ca, Garlic seller, 72×49, MFA Boston (iR204;iR6;R90II,p196;R2,p355)
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 6IE-1881-96, Marchand d’ails et d’échalotes =? 1881ca, A stroller and his dog, on panel, 54×37, A2016/12/04 (iR10;iR13;R2,p355;R90II,p185) Compare: 5IE-1880-147.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-113, Bourgeois lisant « les faits divers ». Maybe?: 18xx, le petit rentier Français, xx, xx (iR204;R2,p355;R90II,p186) Compare: se1884-57.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-122, Bonhomme venant de peindre sa barrière =1881ca, Fellow having just painted his fence, oil dr, 65×50, A2014/05/09 (iR11;iR14;iR2;R90II,p197;R2,p338;R1,p434) =se1884-55.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-99, Portrait de ma Petite-fille. Compare: 1881/08, Portrait of Germaine, dr, xx, 2020/12/18 (iR86;R2,p355)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-99, Portrait de ma Petite-fille. Compare: 1882/03/18, Portrait de Germaine, fille de l’artiste, 48×48, 2020/03/13 (iR85;iR10;aR10;R2,p355)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-99, Portrait de ma Petite-fille. Compare: 1886, Germaine (8 years) at her Toilette, pastel, 108×60, AI Chicago (iR22;iR10;iR74;R2,p355)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-120, Dessin à la plume. Maybe???: 1877, B15-2, Hans Burgmeier, dr, 37×26, A2010/04/28 (iR11;aR1=R85XI;R2,p355) Compare: S1879-4088.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-120, Dessin à la plume. Maybe???: 1876ca, An old woman, seated, in Breton dress (study for S1877-1755), dr, 19×12 (or48x31), A2006/01/24 (iR15;iR11;aR7,p54;R2,p355)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-95, Terrains vagues =1880, wasteland, oil, 22×27, A1988/05/24 (R90II,p196;iR14;R2,p355)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-95, Terrains vagues. Compare: 1894, D16-2, Terrain perdu (vague), colour etch, 14×20, BNF Paris (iR40;iR143;R138XVI,no16;R2,p355;R90II,p185)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-98, Cheval. Maybe?: 18xx, Woman and children in a landscape, on board, 53×80, A2001/03/14 (iR13;R2,p355;R90II,p185). Compare no. 95.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-98, Cheval. Compare: 1907, D81-3, Le cheval dans la plaine, colour etch ps, 10×14, BNF Paris (iR40;R138XVI,no81;R2,p355;R90II,p185)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-121, Le tas de verres cassés, aquarelle. Probably: 1882ca, Le terrain vague, wc mix, 31×40, AI Chicago (iR74;aR7,p135;R2,p355;R90II,p186) Former collection of N.R… Compare: se1884-141 (aR14,p17).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-121, Le tas de verres cassés, aquarelle. Compare: 1894, D8, Terrain vague (Types de petite gens), colour etch, 19×22, BNF Paris (iR40;iR11;R138XVI,no8;R2,p355;R90II,p186). Compare: SNBA1894-232.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-102, Barrière de Clichy. Compare: 1896, D134, Terrassier de la Plaine Saint-Denis, colour litho, 31×46, A2014/03/06 (iR11;iR40;R138XVI,no.134;R2,p355;R90II,p185). Compare se1884-135 (aR14,p16).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-102, Barrière de Clichy. Compare: 1907, D82-2, Les fortifications, colour etch, 10×14, BNF Paris (iR40;R138XVI,no82;aR7,p101;R2,p355;R90II,p185) Compare se1884-135 (iR14,p16).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-103, Dans l’Orage, pastel. Compare: 1906, D73-2, L’orage, colour etch ps, 44×56, A2017/09/19 (iR11;iR40;R138XVI,no.73;R2,p355;R90II,p185). Compare: SNBA-1907-1905.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-105, Le quai de Clichy, les ponts. Maybe??: 18xx, Fisherman on the banks of the Seine, 26×36, private (iR10;iR223;R3,p246;aR7;R2,p355). Compare: se1884-137 (aR14,p16).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-119, Route d’Argenteuil, aquarelle. Compare: 1874, Promenade au bord de l’eau, 26×40, A2014/05/07 (iR11;iR13;R2,p355;R90II,p186). Compare: se1884-142 (aR14,p17).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-119, Route d’Argenteuil, aquarelle. Compare: 1898, D40-3, à Gennevilliers, colour etch, 16×23, BNF Paris (iR40;R138XVI,no40;R2,p355;R90II,p186). Compare: se1884-142 (aR14,p17) + SNBA1899-2248.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-117, La neige à Clichy. Maybe?: 18xx, Street scene in winter, 61×81, A2010/04/20 (iR13;iR11;R2,p355;R90II,p186)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-117, La neige à Clichy. Maybe??: 18xx, Street Scene, winter, 57×74, Rhode-Island SDM (iR6;R2,p355;R90II,p186)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-112, La neige, au bord de l’eau, aquarelle. Compare: 18xx, L’hiver en banlieue (La neige sur le quai), 24×33, MAH Cholet (Orsay) (iR22;iR127;aR7,p220;R2,p355;R90II,p186)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-112, La neige, au bord de l’eau, aquarelle. Compare: 1xxx, au bord de la Seine, environs de Paris, 65×92, A2005/11/17 (iR11;iR15;R2,p355;R90II,p186)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-108, Dans la neige. Compare: 1909, D89, Les usines sous la neige (Rivière, au parc), colour etch ps, 16×20, A2010/10/27 (iR11;iR40;R138XVI,no.89;R2,p355;R90II,p185)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-108, Dans la neige. Compare: 1907, D77-4, Snow, setting sun, colour etch, 47×22, A2010/02/11 (iR13;R138XVI,no77;aR7,p143;R2,p355;R90II,p185). Compare SNBA-1907-1756.
Jean-François Raffaëlli: 1909-1911ca, D90, La Gare du Champ-de-Mars (Chemin de fer), colour etch, 20×14, A2003/11/06 (iR11;iR40;R138XVI,no90) Compare: 6IE-1881-114, Chemin de fer sous la neige
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-109, Affûteur de scies. Now: 1907 (or: 1881ca), the knife sharpener (a landscape in the suburbs of Paris), on board, 54×84, MdGrenoble (iR204;iR22;R90II,p196;R2,p355;cpR138XVI,no76)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-97, Sur la place des écoles, à Asnières. Maybe?: 1879ca, Asnier Newspaper, 32×41, A2010/11/04 (iR2;iR11;R2,p355)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-106, Vue sur la cour d’un charron, aquarelle. Compare: 1xxx, Parisian street scene, 43×52, A2010/10/26 (iR11;R2,p355). Compare: se1884-146 (aR14,p17).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-94, Deux chiens se rencontrant sur la route. Maybe?: 18xx, Les Chiens, xx, A2008/06/20 (iR17;R2,p355;R90II,p185)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-104, Deux vaches et trois poules. Compare: 18xx, A cow and chickens in a meadow, 20×27, A2001/05/03 (iR13;R2,p355;R90II,p185)
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-101, Grue à vapeur. Compare: 1xxx, View of a Port (à Eugène Bejot), mixed, xx, BNF Paris (R2;iR40;R2,p355;R90II,p185) Compare: se1884-129 (aR14,p16).
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-115, Locomotive en manoeuvre = 1880, The railroad, oil, 19×22, A1973/07/05(R90II,p196;iR14;R2,p355). Compare: se1884-125 (aR14,p16).
Clarification : Quite often the identification is uncertain, see , therefore I sometimes render more than one option. 3x I have no work at all of Raffaëlli to give an impression (no.110 +114 +124). See the link for an account . See link for an explanation of the subscriptions . See for the used sources at the bottom of the main page about Jean-François Raffaëlli .
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