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accession number: 1916.1035
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The Mill, 1873. Émile van Marcke (French, 1827–1890). Oil on fabric; unframed: 70.6 x 91 cm (27 13/16 x 35 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1035
title: The Mill
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creation date: 1873
creation date earliest: 1873
creation date latest: 1873
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: oil on fabric
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Émile van Marcke (French, 1827–1890) - artist
Like his Dutch father, Jean-Baptiste van Marcke de Lummen (1797-1849), Émile van Marcke was at first employed as a painter-decorator for the Manufacture de Porcelaine in Sèvres, where he met Constant Troyon (1810-1865), another employee who influenced his career as an animal painter and who introduced him to the Barbizon painters. Van Marcke's first animal studies were made at the imperial farms at Villeneuve-l'Étang and in Grignon, where he was a frequent visitor. He then spent time in Brittany, the Landes, and Sologne, finally settling in Bouttencourt in Normandy. He almost exclusively painted animals, but he also produced some landscapes and beach scenes. Although he first began exhibiting at the Salon of 1857, it was only after the death of Troyon in 1865 that van Marcke began to attract attention in his chosen genre. Highly valued by English and American collectors, his work sold readily in these countries, where he began exhibiting in 1878. While lacking the breadth of vision and the variety of style found in Troyon's work, van Marcke's oeuvre is that of an honest artisan who deserved the esteem in which he was held. He received the Legion of Honor in 1872.
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measurements: Unframed: 70.6 x 91 cm (27 13/16 x 35 13/16 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower left: Em van Marcke
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Paris. Salon (1873), no. 1425, Le moulin (no dimensions listed).', 'opening_date': None}
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"The Wade Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 1 (1917): 3-12.
page number: Reproduced: p. 9
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136060
Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 413-416, Vol. II, no. 143
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1035/1916.1035_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1035/1916.1035_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1035/1916.1035_full.tif