id: 142607 accession number: 1966.335 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.335 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:16.549000 Great Tumbler!, 1830–1831. Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803–1860). Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund 1966.335 title: Great Tumbler! title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1830–1831 creation date earliest: 1830 creation date latest: 1831 current location: creditline: L. E. Holden Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Beraldi V, 152, 79 --- CREATORS * Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803–1860) - artist Decamps was born into a bourgeois family and as a young boy sent by his father to the Picardian countryside to experience the realities of peasant life. These formative years not only nurtured his interest for nature but also directed him toward an artistic career. He returned to Paris in 1816 and studied briefly with Étienne Bouhot (1780-1862), who painted architectural scenes. In 1818, Decamps joined the studio of Alexandre-Denis Abel de Pujol (1785-1861), and copied (Dutch) Old Master paintings in the Louvre. Unimpressed with his academic education, Decamps had become an independent artist by 1820. He earned an income and a reputation with satirical lithographs and anecdotal scenes that were popular with collectors. Decamps's Salon debut occurred in 1827, and the following year he became one of the first distinguished European artists to travel to Asia Minor and North Africa. He returned to Paris with countless drawings and sketches that would serve him for the rest of his career and quickly became one of the leading orientalist painters. He also renewed his earlier interest in lithography and published an album of his hunting scenes. In 1835, he made a journey to Italy, where he studied the works of Raphael (1485-1520) and Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). Upon his return, he began painting biblical scenes, set against convincing depictions of Near Eastern landscapes, based on his earlier travels. He went to the forest of Fontainebleau in 1843-44 and befriended Dupré (q.v.). Decamps would revisit Fontainebleau ten years later and purchased a house there in 1857. He was one of the most successful and famous artists of this time. His patrons included the Marquis Mason, the Barons de Rothschild, and the Duc d'Orléans. He was elected to the Salon Jury in 1851 and kept this position until 1853. In 1855, at the Paris Exposition Universelle, his works were featured in a retrospective exhibition, along with those of Delacroix (q.v.) and Ingres (q.v.). Although he was a critically acclaimed and financially successful artist during his lifetime, Decamps's reputation quickly waned after his death in 1860. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.335/1966.335_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.335/1966.335_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.335/1966.335_full.tif