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Impressionism
Mutual connections
To portray and to be portrayed
1855 – 1890
Introduction: The partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions sometimes portrayed each other (or related artists). This portraying and being portrayed is an indication of mutual connections and so an indirect indication of belonging to the same circle of friends and an indication of how involved they were in the impressionist art-movement*. (This also applies when relatives were portrayed, see at the end of this page.) On this page you will find several examples of these portraits. I will render them in alphabetical order of the sitter. The focus is on the period from 1855 till 1890. Note: If you double click on the first picture (of a serie) and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
Note*: when you were a figure painter you had in this sense an advantage.
Alphonse Legros: 1861-63ca, Etude de tête d’homme (Zacharie Astruc?), 44×38, MBA Dijon (iR23;M194)
Félix Bracquemond: 1865ca, B9, Portrait of Astruc, etch 2of2, 15×13, New York PL (iR61;iR23;R85III,no9)
Félix Bracquemond, 1861ca, B73, Alphonse Legros (detail), etch, 17×121, BM London (iR105;M147;iR17;iR5;R85III,no73;R90II,p16;R2,p119) =? 1IE-1874-24-7, Portrait de M. A. Legros
Marie Bracquemond, 8IE-1886-4, Portrait de M. F. Bracquemond =1886, Felix Bracquemond in his studio, 55×42, private (iR2;iR59;R2,p448;R90II,p25)
Federico Zandomeneghi, 1903- (or 1905+), CG741, Sbl, Portrait of Camille Pissarro (?), pastel, 62×47, A2017/03/23 (iR2;iR15;iR11;R88II,p157;R203,no459;R204,no741), former Durand-Ruel collection.
Auguste Renoir: 2IE-1876-226, portrait de M. H… (pastel). Compare: 1880, Paul Cézanne, pastel, 54×45, A2012/05/02 (iRx;iR11;R3,p346;R1,p475;R3,p346;R2,p164) Former Chocquet collection.
Auguste Renoir: 1866, CR20, The Inn of Mother Anthony (Le Cabaret de la mère Antony, Marlotte), 195×130, Nm Stockholm (iRx;R30,no14;R31,no4;R108,no20;M91). Info: Jules le Coeur standing and Sisley with the hat on.
Auguste Renoir: 2IE-1876-224, Frédéric Bazille, peintre tué à Beaune-la-Rolande; Appartient à M. Manet = CR28, 1867, Frederic Bazille Painting ‘The Heron’, 105×74, Orsay (iR2;R90II,p45+64;R2,p164+150;R108,no28;R31,no6;R30,no18;M1)
Auguste Renoir: 1875ca (or 1885ca), Posthumous Portrait of Frederic Bazille, 41×33, A2014/01/06 (iRx;iR14) Compare: 2IE-1876-224, Frédéric Bazille, peintre tué à Beaune-la-Rolande; Appartient à M. Manet
Auguste Renoir: 1872ca, CR22, Claude Monet reading, 61×50, Marmottan (iR2;R2,p164;R90II,p44;R108,no22;R30,no84;M2) Compare: 2IE-1876-220, Portrait de M.M…, appartenant à M. Dollfus
Auguste Renoir: 2IE-1876-220, portrait de M. M., appartenant à M. Dollfus =? 1873-74, CR87, Claude Monet (the reader), 65x50cm, NGA Washington (iRx;R90II,p44;R2,p164;R108,no87;R30,no85;M21).
Auguste Renoir: 2IE-1876-220, Portrait de M. M., appartenant à M. Dollfus =!? 1875, CR132, Portrait of Claude Monet, 84×60, Orsay (iR152;R90II,p44+63;R2,p164+185;R108,no132;R30,no163;M1)
Auguste Renoir: S1865-1802, Portrait de M. W. S… = 1864, SDcl, CR11=1F6, Portrait of William Sisley, 81×65, Orsay (iR2;iR1;R31,no2;R108,no11;R30=R193,no6;R190,no6;R166,p260;M1)
Auguste Renoir: 1868, 1F24, The painter Alfred Sisley, 81×65, Bührle Zurich (iR2;R30=R193,no24;M85)
Auguste Renoir: 3IE-1877-190, Portrait de M. Sisley =1876, CR117=1F138, Alfred Sisley, 66×55, AI Chicago (iR10;iR74;R90II,p82+101;R2,p206+237;R108,no117;R30=R193,no138;M20)
Auguste Renoir: 1876, Bal du moulin de la Galette (detail Franc Lamy), 131×175, Orsay (iR4;R31,p211;M1)
Auguste Renoir: 1879ca, Conversation (detail with Cordey), 45×38, Nm Stockholm (iR10;iR4;iR2;R30,no334;M91)
Auguste Renoir: 1876, The Artist’s Studio, Rue Saint-Georges (detail Cordey), 46×38, private (iR10;R30,no264;R1,p382). Murer collection.
Auguste Renoir: 1876, CR209, Le Moulin de la Galette (detail Cordey?), 131×175, Orsay (iR2;R30,no249;R1,p383;R108,no209;R4,p164;M1)
Norbert Goeneutte, 1885ca, Portrait of Frederic Samuel Cordey, xx, xx (iR4;iR10)
Mary Cassatt: 1873, SDtl, Portrait of Mme Sisley (Marie Lescouezec), xx, private (iR3;iR2;R44,p11)
Edgar Degas, 1880-84ca, CR796, Mary Cassatt Seated, Holding Cards, 72×59, NPG Washington (iR3;iR2;R44,p15;R26,no608)
Edgar Degas: 1880ca, CR581, Mary Cassatt at the Louvre, pastel, 69×52, private (iR2;R26,no575;R90II,p148+164;R2,p311) Compare: 5IE-1880-44-2, Eaux-fortes, Essais et états de planches
Edgar Degas, 1871, Portrait of Henri Rouart, 27×22, Marmottan (iR6;R92,p33;M2)
Edgar Degas, 3IE-1877-49, Portrait de monsieur H.R… = 1875, CR373, Henri Rouart in front of His Factory, 65×50, Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh (iR2;R26,no392;R27,p53;R2,p218;R90II,p73+91)
Edgar Degas: 1872-77ca, CR424, Henri Rouart and his daughter Hélène, 65×77, private (aR20;iR53;R26,no423;R114,no424). Note: Hélène was born in 1863.
Edgar Degas: 1874ca, CR358, Portrait of Léopold Levert, 65×54, BMA Tokyo (iR6;iR35;aR23;R87,p241;R45;R114,no358;M125). Former collection of Rouart, but not in the catalogue of 1912.
Edgar Degas, 1889, Ludovic Lepic Holding His Dog, pastel, Cleveland MA (iR6;M27)
Maurice Denis (1870-1943): 1906, Portrait of the Painter Degas, 33×24, MBA Troyes (iR2;R47,p124)
Edgar Degas: 1876, CR393, In a café (The Absinthe drinker), 92×68, Orsay (iR2;R26,no399;R90II,p35+74+92;R2,p147+161+204;R8,p22;M1) =3IE-1877-61+hc, L’Absinthe = 2IE-1876-52, Dans un café (probably not exhibited). Depicting Ellen André + Desboutin in Café Nouvelle Athènes.
Marcellin Desboutin, 1877, J.F. Raffaëlli, etch, xx, BNF Paris (iR40)
Marcelin Desboutin, 1876, Portrait de Comte Lepic, etch grande planche 5/7, 32×24, BNF Paris (iR40;iR6;iR195;iR1;R87,p239;R85V,no20;R158,no163) =? S1877-4393, Une gravure à la pointe sèche: Portrait du comte L. Lepic =!? EU-C-1889-VII-141, Portrait de M. le comte Lepic, pointe sèche (app. à M. H. Béraldi)
Marcellin Desboutin: 1876, Portrait du Comte Lepic, etch ps, 12×8, BNF Paris (iR40;iR1;R85XIII,no94;R158,no162) =!? S1877-4393, Une gravure à la pointe sèche: Portrait du comte L. Lepic =!? EU-C-1889-VII-141, Portrait de M. le comte Lepic, pointe sèche (app. à M. H. Béraldi)
Marcellin Desboutin: 1877, Portrait of Pierre Renoir, drawing, 16×12, Chicago AI (iRx;M20)
Marcellin Desboutin, 1875, CR25, Portrait of Henri Rouart (detail), ps 2nd, 36×25, Metropolitan (M23;iR10;R85,volXIIsupp,no25)
Marcellin Desboutin: 2IE-1876-71-2, Portraits (gravure à la pointe sec) =!? 1875, Henri Rouart, peintre et collectionneur, etch ps, 27×20, Metropolitan (iR10;M23;R90II,p37+51;R2,p161;R90I,p71;R85V,no25;R158,no215;aR10,no135). =!? S1875-3660-7, Portrait de M. Rouard (sic)
Marcellin Desboutin: 1876ca, Berthe Morisot, peintre (d), etch ps 2/2, 26×18, A2014/09/23 + BNF Paris (iR4;iR11;iR17;iR40;iR1;R85V,no22;R158,no181;R89,no25) =!? S1875-3660-10, Portrait de Mll. B. Morisot
Édouard Manet (1832-83): 1869-70, RW158, Portrait of Berthe Morisot (detail), 148×111, Providence MA ISD (iR10;iR2;iR1;aR1;R262,no125;R71,no131;R213,no106;R120,no158;M152) 1872: bought by Durenad-Ruel; =S1873-998, Le repos; =ENBA-1884-57; =former Duret collection
Édouard Manet: 1874, Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a Fan (detail), 135×190, Lille PBA (iR10;iR4;iR2;iR23;R262,no186;R71,no201;M17) =ENBA-1884-74; =LE-1904
Maximilien Luce (1858-1941): 1890ca, CR765, Portrait of Paul Signac (1863-1935), on wood, 35×26, private (iRx;iR10;iR235;R39,p61;R306,no5)
Georges Seurat: 1889-90, dH694, Portrait of Paul Signac, conté, 35×28, private (iR6;R3,p320;R183,pLVII;R207,p42+128;R162,p95) =6SdI-1890-735-2
Georges Seurat: 1882-83, dH588, Portrait of Aman-Jean, dr, 62×48, Metropolitan (M23;R297,p19;R183,pXL;R207,p122;R40,p93;M23) =SdAF-1883-3189, Broderie (sic) = 1SdI-1884/12-243
Marcellin Desboutin: 1895ca, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, xx, Musée d’Amiens (iR64;iR6;iR40;iR1;R158,p273+276+163;R231-1;M243) Expos: SNBA-1895-1929, Portrait de M. Puvis de Chavannes; =!? EU-1900-D-632, Portrait de Puvis de Chavannes.
Marcellin Desboutin: 1876, Puvis de Chavannes (d), etch ps, 16×12, Cleveland MA (iR6;iR11;iR17;iR1;aR10,no125;R158,no202;R85XIII,no103;M27) =!? S1877-4392-1, Portrait de M. Puvis de Chavannes, gravure à la pointe sèche
Auguste Renoir: 1894, Berthe Morisot and her daughter Julie Manet, 81×65, A2000/05/08 (iR10;iR6;iR52;iR115;R30,no672)
Félix Bracquemond: 4IE-1879-5, Une terrasse de Sèvres = 1876, B215, Terrace of the Villa Brancas (Marie Bracquemond painting in Sèvres), etch, 23×36, CAI Williamstown (iR6;iR19;R73,p48;R90II,p105+121;R2,p266;R85II,no215;R89,no24;M26) =!? SNBA-1907-171-127, La terrace de la Villa Brancas.
Frédéric-Samuel Cordey, 1879, Le peintre Renoir au travail (detail), 60×73, xx (iR10;iR251;R88I,p149) E1913-23
Edgar Degas, 1875-76ca, CR368, Place de la Concorde (Le comte Lepic et ses filles), 79×118, Hermitage (iR4;R3,p169;M95)
Edgar Degas, 1870, Count Lepic and His Daughters, 65×81, Bührle (iR35;iR6;M85)
Edgar Degas: 18xx, Portrait du graveur Desboutin et du graveur Lepic, xx, Orsay or MM Nice (iR10;iR155;iR127;R88;M1;M206)
Maurice Denis (1870-1943): 1900, SDbl, Homage to Cézanne, 180×240, Orsay (iR10;iR94;iR6;iR3;iR23;R11,p486+7) =SNBA1901
Paul Gauguin: 1889, SDbr, The Schuffenecker family (The studio), 73×92, Orsay (iR2;iR6;iR127;iR23;M1)
Émile Bernard (1868-1941): 1889ca, Le Cauchemar (the nightmare), Exposition Volpini (Schuffenecker, Bernard, Gauguin), dr, xx, xx (iR6;R5,p170)
Émile Bernard: 1888, SDtr, Self-portrait with portrait of Paul Gauguin (à Vincent), 47×56, VGM Amsterdam (iR10;M73;iR6;iR8;R181II,p479)
Paul Gauguin: 1888, CR309, SDbr, Self Portrait (Les Misérables; à Vincent; with a portrait of Émile Bernard), 45×55, VGM Amsterdam (iR2;R181,no309;R128,no239;M73)
Paul Gauguin: 1888, CR326, SDbr, Portrait of Vincent van Gogh Painting Sunflowers, 73×92, VGM Amsterdam (iR2;R181,no326;R128,no296;M73)
Théo van Rysselberghe: 1896, Paul Signac at the helm of the Olympia, 92×114, private (iRx;R68,p137;R39,p39;R106,p44)
More portraits:
In 1881 Caillebotte modelled for Renoir (iR3). I assume it wasn’t an oil painting.
Portraits of relatives: Portraying relatives of another painter is also an indication of the intensity of the relationship. I will render the works in a chronological order.
Edgar Degas, 1886(?), Hélène Rouart in her Fathers Study, 161×120, NG London (aR20;M61). Note: Hélène did marry 1885/05/09, probably this work was made before.
Auguste Renoir: 1887, Portrait de Julie Manet, 65×54, Orsay (iR6;R30,no631;M1)
Gustave Caillebotte: S-, 1888 summer, 1CR336=2CR391, Portrait of Madame Renoir (in Petit-Gennevilliers), 73×59, private (iR2;R102,no391;R101,no336)
Edgar Degas: 1895ca, CR1178, Alexis Rouart (buste d’homme en chapeau melon), p+dr, 43×33, A2008/07/03 (iR14;R114,no1178)
Edgar Degas: 1904, CR1442, Study for a Portrait of M. and Mme Louis Rouart, pastel, 98×78, AI Chicago (iR6;aR15=M20;iR10) Compare: 4IE-1879-75, Portraits de M. et Mme H. de C. (détrempe à pastel).
