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Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles

Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles

c. 1865
(French, 1834–1871)
Unframed: 38.6 x 58.4 cm (15 3/16 x 23 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Guigou was once the drawing master for the children of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild.

Description

This view of a rocky landscape along the Mediterranean coast of southern France reflects the naturalist ambition of capturing exact details and atmospheric effects observed directly from life. Clear, intense light floods over the stony cliffs and the sparse greenery baked in the heat of sun. The artist, l Guigou, studied art in Marseilles and devoted most of his career to painting views of his native Provence. In 1855 he began traveling back and forth between Marseilles and Paris, where he became familiar with the paintings of Gustave Courbet and died of a stroke at age 37.
  • 1939
    (Galerie Alfred Daber, Paris)
    ?
    (Arthur Tooth & Sons, London)
    Until 1979
    Private collection, New York, consigned to Sotheby’s
    1979
    (Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 1979, lot 207
    Probably 1979-1980
    Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-2008], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Muriel S. Butkin
    1980-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Galerie Daber. Guigou, 1834-1871: deuxième exposition. Paris: Galerie Alfred Daber, 1939.
    Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. 19th Century European Paintings. May 4, 1979.
    Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. 19th Century European Paintings. May 4, 1979.
    de Gail, Sylvie Lamort, and Bernard Dorival. Paul Guigou: catalogue raisonné. Paris: Arhis, 1989.
    Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. 19th Century European Paintings. May 4, 1979.
    Estate of Noah L. Butkin, Bequests to Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Murel S. Butkin. Estates, Gifts, and Funds, Series 1, Box 2:14. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.


    Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 336-337, Vol. II, no. 117
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
    According to label on reverse, Provence en Suisse (date and place of exhibition unknown).
    Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber. Guigou 1834-1871, deuxième exposition (1939), no. 3, Paysage à Saint-André près Marseille. "Bois 39 x 58.5 cm, signé b. d. [incorrect] peint en 1865. Il existe un tableau identique à Marseille de dimensions plus réduites."
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.265