id: 128363 accession number: 1951.323 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.323 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:18.601000 Villerville Seen from Le Ratier, 1855. Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878). Oil on fabric; framed: 80 x 141.5 x 7.5 cm (31 1/2 x 55 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 54.2 x 116.2 cm (21 5/16 x 45 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William G. Mather 1951.323 title: Villerville Seen from Le Ratier title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1855 creation date earliest: 1855 creation date latest: 1855 current location: 220 19th Century European creditline: Bequest of William G. Mather copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: oil on fabric department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878) - artist The son of a painter, Charles François Daubigny received his initial training from his father, Edmond François Daubigny (1789-1843), a student of Bertin (q.v.). Daubigny's uncle, Pierre, and his uncle's wife were also painters. In order to finance a trip to Italy, Daubigny began painting decorative panels for the Musée de Versailles. By 1835 he had earned enough money for the excursion and, accompanied by Henri Mignon, traveled through Rome, Florence, Pisa, and Genoa, studying the Italian country-side. Upon his return to Paris in 1836 Daubigny began working for Granet (q.v.) in the paintings restoration depart-ment of the Louvre. He made his Salon debut two years later and would regularly show there until 1868. During this time he also learned etching, and it became a good source of income while still allowing him time to paint. Daubigny began to travel often, to Normandy in 1842, to the forest of Fontainebleau and on to Burgundy in 1843. He became friends with Corot (q.v.), and the two artists painted together in Switzerland and the Dauphiné. In 1857 Daubigny bought a boat that he converted into a studio and used to explore the Oise, Marne, and Seine rivers. The boat allowed him freedom to choose the best viewpoints for his landscapes, an idea that Monet (q.v.) would adopt years later. Daubigny achieved some financial success, received the Legion of Honor in 1859, and a year later built a home and studio in Auvers. In 1861, however, he was criticized because his works were becoming darker and sketchier. He was, in fact, one of the earliest artists to become interested in capturing the changing quality of nature by using light, rapid brush strokes. While experimenting with painting, Daubigny continued his interest in printmaking. In 1862 he participated in an exhibit funded by Cadart, a print publisher and dealer. The exhibition concerned artists who considered printmaking a legitimate art in itself, not a medium for simple reproduction. Cadart became Daubigny's exclusive publisher. Along with Corot, Daubigny also experimented with the cliché verre technique. He continued to travel, in Brittany in 1867 and Spain in 1868-69. He was also supportive of other artists. As a member of the Salon jury of 1868, he was instrumental in having the works of Degas (q.v.), Morisot (q.v.), Pissarro (q.v.), Renoir (q.v.), Sisley (q.v.), Monet, and Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) accepted. Daubigny moved to London in 1870 to escape the Franco-Prussian War. There he introduced Pissarro and Monet to Paul Durand-Ruel, his art dealer, who had opened a gallery in London. Daubigny returned to Paris after the war, traveling around the French countryside until the end of his life. --- measurements: Framed: 80 x 141.5 x 7.5 cm (31 1/2 x 55 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 54.2 x 116.2 cm (21 5/16 x 45 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed in lower right: Daubigny 1855 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Charles Daubigny opening date: 1964-05-01T04:00:00 Charles Daubigny. Paine Art Center and Gardens, Oshkosh, WI (organizer) (May 1-31, 1964); The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, NY (June 16-August 2, 1964). title: Visions of Landscape: East and West opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). title: The Draw of the Normandy Coast opening date: 2012-06-14T00:00:00 The Draw of the Normandy Coast. Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (organizer) (June 14-September 2, 2012). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Louis Martinet, Boulevard des Italiens. Paris, France (January 1862).', 'opening_date': None} * {'description': 'Cleveland Art Loan Exposition under the Auspices of the Cleveland School of Art. Kinney and Levan Building, Cleveland, OH (1913).', 'opening_date': '1913-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Barbizon Revisited. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (1962-63).', 'opening_date': '1962-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'First American Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Charles François Daubigny. Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Oshkosh, WI; Gallery of Modern Art, New York, NY (1964).', 'opening_date': '1964-01-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Bought from the artist in 1878 by Count Armand Doria [1824-1896] Paris, France, for ff 2,500. date: footnotes: citations: (Galerie Heinemann, Munich, Germany, December 1912, sold to C.A. Platt for William G. Mather) date: 1912 footnotes: citations: William G. Mather [1857-1951] Cleveland, OH, bequethed to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1912-1951 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1951- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS page number: url: Katalog französischer und altspanischer Meister: permanente Ausstellung von Werken erstklassiger deutscher, französischer, altenglischer und altspanischer Meister. Galerie Heinemann; (München). 1914. page number: Reproduced: unpaginated url: Francis, Henry S. "Bequest of William G. Mather: Paintaings." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XXXVIII no. 8 (October, 1951):197-198. page number: Mentioned: p. 198 url: Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” September 26, 1951, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr0030 "Mather Bequest to Cleveland." Art Digest 26 (October 15, 1951): 10. page number: Mentioned: P. 10 url: Coe, Nancy. The History of the Collecting of European Paintings and Drawings in the City of Cleveland. 1955. page number: Reproduced: p. 161, vol. 2 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 496 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n91 Gregg, Richard N. "Charles Francois Daubigny, Forerunner of Impressionism." Antiques 85 (May 1964): 548-551. page number: Reproduced: P. 550 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 169 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n193 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 169 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n193 Fidell-Beaufort, Madeleine, Charles François Daubigny, and Janine Bailly-Herzberg. Daubigny. Paris, France: Geoffroy-Dechaume, 1975. page number: Reproduced: p. 122, fig. 38 url: Hellebranth, Robert. Charles-François Daubigny: 1817-1878. Morges, Switzerland: Matute, 1976. page number: url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 209 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n229 Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. page number: Reproduced: P. 52 url: Hellebranth, Robert and Anne Hellebranth. Charles-François Daubigny, 1817-1878. France: [publisher not identified], 1996. page number: url: D'Argencourt, Louise and Roger Diederen. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings, Part Four; European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. page number: Reproduced: p. 67 url: Burgess, Margaret E., Frances Fowle, and Richard Kendall. The Draw of the Normandy Coast: 1860-1960. Portland, ME: The Portland Museum of Art, 2012. page number: Reproduced: p. 22, fig. 6 url: Clarke, Michael, Frances Fowle, Lynne Ambrosini, Maite van Dijk, Nienke Bakker, and René Boitelle. Inspiring Impressionism: Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh. Edinburgh, Scotland: National Galleries of Scotland, 2015. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 84-85, no. 75 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.323/1951.323_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.323/1951.323_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.323/1951.323_full.tif