Title: |
En Hollande (In Holland) |
Artist: |
Guillaumin, Jean-Baptiste Armand (Paris, 1841 - Orly,
1927) |
Date: |
c. 1904 (First Published Edition: 1922) |
Medium: |
Original Etching |
Note: |
Armand Guillaumin: An important artist of
the famous school of French Impressionism, Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin
studied art in Paris at the Academie Suisse, in 1861. There he met and
became lifelong friends with his fellow students, Paul Cezanne and Camille
Pissarro. Guillaumin's first exhibited his paintings at the 1863 Salon
des Refuses and during the following decades his art was included in most
major Impressionist exhibitions. Recognition, however, was slow and Armand
Guillaumin was forced to work for the Highways Department to support his
family and thus he could only pursue his artistic career in his spare time.
Good Fortune smiled upon him in 1891 when he won a major lottery and was
able to devote himself entirely to painting and printmaking. |
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Armand Guillaumin's first experiments with etching date from
1872. In the following year Pissarro invited Cezanne and Guillaumin to
stay with him at Pontoise and introduced them to Dr. Gachet. Gachet was
an enthusiastic amateur etcher and prevailed on all the artists who came
to see him to try their hand at etching; he even prepared the copper plates,
supervised the biting and pulled the proofs on his own press. Both Cezanne
and Guillaumin etched a number of plates there. Cezanne's first etching,
in fact, was based upon a landscape painting of Armand Guillaumin's and
his second etching was a portrait of his close friend entitled, Portrait
of Guillaumin with the Hanged Man. |
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In the 1880's, Armand Guillaumin became a close companion
with Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Scholars have often seen an affinity
in the compositions of these two artists, particularly in their vigorous
brushwork and vibrant coloration. Perhaps because of his association with
this great Dutch master, Armand Guillaumin visited Holland in 1904. En
Hollande (In Holland) dates from this year but (apart from a handful
of artist's proofs) was not published in an edition until 1922. At this
time Theodore Duret published his third edition of the influential volume, Histoire
des Peintres Impressionists, and printed Guillaumin's En Hollande,
as well as original etchings by Pierre Auguste Renoir and Berthe Morisot. |
Source: |
Duret's Histoire des Peintres Impressionistes |
Size: |
5 X 7 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height
preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
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Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
Condition: |
Printed upon hand-made, laid paper and with full margins
as published by Duret in 1922. A finely printed impression and in excellent
condition throughout. En Hollande (In Holland) represents a prime,
original example of the important Impressionist art of Armand Guillaumin. |
Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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