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Impressionism
Mutual connections
To portray and to be portrayed
1855 – 1890
Introduction: The partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions sometimes portrayed or were 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. (Note: when you were a figure painter you had in this sense an advantage). On this page you will find several examples of these portraits. 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!
Alphonse Legros, 1861-63ca, Etude de tête d’homme (Zacharie Astruc?), 44×38, MBA Dijon (iR23;M205)
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.
August 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) Chocquet coll.
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)
August Renoir, 1875ca (or 1885ca), Posthumous Portrait of Frederic Bazille, 41×33, A2014/01/06 (iRx;iR14) Compare: 2IE-1876-224.
August Renoir, 2IE-1876-220, Portrait de M.M… Maybe?: 1872ca, CR22, Claude Monet reading, 61×50, Marmottan (iR2;R2,p164;R90II,p44;R108,no22;R30,no84;M2)
August Renoir, 2IE-1876-220, Portrait de M. M. Maybe: 1873-74, CR87, Claude Monet (the reader), 65x50cm, NGA Washington (iRx;R90II,p44;R2,p164;R108,no87;R30,no85;M21).
August Renoir, 2IE-1876-220, portrait de M. M. Probably: 1875, CR132, portrait of Claude Monet, 84×60, Orsay (iR152;R90II,p44+63;R2,p164+185;R108,no132;R30,no163;M1)
August Renoir, S1865-1802, Portrait de M. W. S…
Now: 1864, portrait of William Sisley, 81×65, Orsay (iR2;iR1;R30,no6;R166,p260;M1)
August Renoir, 1868, The Painter Alfred Sisley, 81×65, Bührle Zurich (iR2;R30,no24;M85)
August Renoir, 3IE-1877-190, Portrait de M. Sisley =1876, CR117, Alfred Sisley, 66×55, AI Chicago (iR10;iR74;R90II,p82+101;R2,p206+237;R108,no117;R30,no138;M20)
August 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)
Auguste Renoir, 1876, The Artist’s Studio, Rue Saint-Georges (detail Cordey), 46×38, private (iR10;R30,no264;R1,p382). Murer collection.
Mary Cassatt, 1873-4, 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, 1877(?), CR424, Henri Rouart and his daughter Hélène, 65×77, private (aR20). Note: Hélène was born in 1863; in this picture she looks much younger than 14.
Edgar Degas, 1874ca, Portrait of Léopold Levert, 65×54, BMA Tokyo (iR6;iR35;R87,p241;R45;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; Ellen André + Desboutin), 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 (maybe not exhibited in 1876)
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)
Desboutin, 1877, portrait of Pierre Renoir, drawing, 16x12cm, M. Chicago
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
Manet, S1873-998, le repos =1870, Portrait of Berthe Morisot (detail), 148×111, Providence MA ISD (iR10;iR2)
Manet, 1874, Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a Fan (detail), 135×190, Lille PBA (iR10;iR4;iR2)
Maximilien Luce: 1890ca, CR765, Portrait of Paul Signac, 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) =!? EU-D-1900-?, Puvis de Chavannes (composition)
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
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;R73,p48;R90II,p105+121;R2,p266;R85II,no215;R89,no24;M26)
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)
