id: 128368 accession number: 1951.328 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.328 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:18.630000 Autumn, c. 1867–1869. Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886). Oil on wood panel; unframed: 39.9 x 60.3 cm (15 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William G. Mather 1951.328 title: Autumn title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1867–1869 creation date earliest: 1867 creation date latest: 1869 current location: creditline: Bequest of William G. Mather copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: oil on wood panel department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886) - artist From 1842 to 1846 Adolphe-Joseph-Thomas Monticelli studied painting at the École Municipale de Dessin in Marseilles, then directed by Émile Loubon (1809-1863), who encouraged his students to paint directly from nature. Monticelli moved to Paris in 1846 and entered the École des Beaux-Arts under Delaroche (q.v.). He spent his free time in the Louvre copying works by such painters as Veronese (1528-1588), Rubens (1577-1640), Rembrandt (1606-1669), Watteau (1684-1721), Fragonard (1732-1806), and Delacroix (q.v.). In the following years he would divide his time between Marseilles and Paris. He traveled throughout Provence with Guigou (q.v.), and together they painted the surrounding landscapes and villages. In Paris in 1856 he met Diaz de la Peña (q.v.), who encouraged him to use bolder colors and a heavier texture. Under the influence of Diaz, he also began adding small figures in his landscapes. That same year Monticelli returned to Marseilles, where he would remain for seven years. He again made landscape studies while earning money with his portraits. When he moved back to Paris in 1863, he specialized in depicting the fashionable society in lush landscapes, recalling the works of Watteau. He enjoyed some popularity within these circles because of the revival of interest in the rococo style. He also encountered some impressionist painters. He returned to Marseilles when the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) broke out and remained there for the rest of his life, creating his most mature works. He painted with Cézanne (q.v.) in the areas around Aix and Marseilles. In his late landscapes he experimented with paint texture, using thick impasto on a bare canvas to create a dynamic surface. These experiments were to leave a strong impression on van Gogh (q.v.), who saw them at the Galerie Delarebeyrette in Paris in 1886, the year of Monticelli's death. Around that time, Monticelli already had several emulators copying his work, which explains the abundant production of fake Monticellis that have since invaded the art market. --- measurements: Unframed: 39.9 x 60.3 cm (15 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Two Romantic Painters: Blakelock and Monticelli and Designs for a New Contemporary Arts Museum opening date: 1965-05-07T04:00:00 Two Romantic Painters: Blakelock and Monticelli and Designs for a New Contemporary Arts Museum. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX (organizer) (May 7-30, 1965). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Houston, Contemporary Arts Association. Two Romantic Painters; Adolphe Monticelli, Ralph Albert Blakelock (1965), no. 2.', 'opening_date': '1965-01-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Van Wisselingh, London. Kraushaar Galleries, New York. Sold to William G. Mather, Cleveland, 1911. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1951. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS 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. 470-471, Vol. II, no. 163 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.328/1951.328_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.328/1951.328_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.328/1951.328_full.tif