id: 134695 accession number: 1957.212 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.212 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:42.156000 Reading, c. 1875–1900. Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906). Brush and brown ink; image: 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 in.); sheet: 41.8 x 66.6 cm (16 7/16 x 26 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams 1957.212 title: Reading title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1875–1900 creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: 1900 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: brush and brown ink department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Eugène Carrière (French, 1849–1906) - artist Eugène Carrière grew up in Strasbourg, the sixth of seven children in a working-class family. He attended the city's academy in 1862 and two years later worked as a commercial lithographer. In 1869 Carrière moved to Paris, where he discovered the art of the Old Masters, Rubens in particular, which influenced his decision to become an artist. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts and studied under one of the foremost academic painters, Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). His training was suspended, however, with the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). Shortly after enlisting, he was captured by the Germans and taken to Dresden where he was held prisoner for one year. At the end of the war he returned to Paris to resume his studies under Cabanel, and to support himself he worked for a lithographer friend, Jules Chéret (1836-1932). Carrière's painting career took off slowly, and in the Salons of 1876, 1877, and 1878 his paintings received little recognition. In 1878 he married Sophie Desmonceaux (with whom he would have seven children), and the couple spent six months in London where he discovered the works of Turner (q.v.). Back in Paris, he spent the next decade working odd jobs, most often in printshops in order to sustain his family. Through his brother, a ceramist, Carrière began working in 1880 for the Sèvres porcelain factory and there met sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). This friendly and steady associ-ation inspired each artist's work. In 1879 Carrière had painted his first maternité entitled Jeune mère (Musée Calvet, Avignon), a subject to which he would return throughout his career. His success as a painter began at the Salon of 1884 when his entry received an honorable mention. His good fortune continued with awards at the Salons of 1885 and 1887. Two years later, a medal at the Universal Exposition and the Legion of Honor indicated how well his work was received by critics, artists, and writers. From 1890 through 1897, Carrière lived his most fruitful years as an artist, began making lithographs, and frequently traveled abroad. He was connected with most of the important critics and avant-garde artists of the time, such as Bonnard (q.v.), Gauguin (q.v.), Vuillard (q.v.), Maurice Denis (1870-1943), and Paul Sérusier (1864-1927). He was also admired by the symbolists for the dreamlike quality of his paintings. In 1890 he associated himself with Meissonier (q.v.), Rodin, Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914), and Puvis de Chavannes (q.v.), who founded the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in opposition to the official system of the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1903, in an effort to oppose restrictive rules of the Société Nationale, Carrière established a new salon, the Salon d'Automne, and was named its president. --- measurements: Image: 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 in.); Sheet: 41.8 x 66.6 cm (16 7/16 x 26 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: beige(1) wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: Signed, lower left, in brown ink: Eugène Carrière translation: remark: inscription: verso, center right, in graphite: Dessin original / d' Eugène Carrière translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review opening date: 1970-01-14T05:00:00 The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970). title: French Drawings from the Collection opening date: 1994-12-13T05:00:00 French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Gifts from the Print Club to the Cleveland Museum of Art (April 4 - August 2, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-04-04T00:00:00'} * {'description': '', 'opening_date': None} * {'description': 'Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1939-1959 (October 11, 1960 - November 3, 1961).', 'opening_date': '1960-10-11T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, MA, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland) date: ?-1957 footnotes: citations: Print Club of Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1957 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1957- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.212/1957.212_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.212/1957.212_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.212/1957.212_full.tif