id: 148964 accession number: 1977.121 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.121 updated: 2023-08-23 22:34:22.512000 View of Saint-Cloud, Near the Seine, 1809. Alexandre Pau de St. Martin (French). Oil on fabric; unframed: 43.9 x 67.6 cm (17 5/16 x 26 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1977.121 title: View of Saint-Cloud, Near the Seine title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1809 creation date earliest: 1809 creation date latest: 1809 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 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 * Alexandre Pau de St. Martin (French) - artist Very little is known about Alexandre Pau de Saint-Martin, the man or the artist. His birth and death dates remain obscure. Only the period of his professional activities can be pinned down by means of his participation in the Salon from 1791 through 1848. From 1791 until 1812 he exhibited under the name Saint-Martin and from 1814 until 1848 under the name Pau de Saint-Martin. Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie mentions him in his dictionary as a student of Leprince (this could only be Jean-Baptiste, 1734-1781) and of Vernet (Carle ? 1758-1836) and gives an extensive list of his works. The titles of the paintings the artist exhibited at the Salons reveal that he initially produced landscapes with figures and animals, like Boquet (q.v.), who was also said to be a student of a certain Leprince. Furthermore, the titles of his work also indicate that he worked in the forest of Fontainebleau as early as 1795. From then until 1848 he painted in many regions of France, and around 1830 he was in Switzerland. His greatest claim to glory is that he taught Théodore Rousseau (q.v.), his cousin. Alexandre Pau de Saint-Martin had a son named Pierre-Alexandre who was also a painter. --- measurements: Unframed: 43.9 x 67.6 cm (17 5/16 x 26 5/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower right: AP St. Martin 1809 [AP in monogram] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1977 opening date: 1977-12-28T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Clifford Duits, London 1967-68. Schaeffer Galleries, Inc., New York, 1973. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Given to the CMA on 20 October 1977. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This painting depicts the park associated with the royal Chateau of Saint-Cloud, famous for its terraced gardens overlooking the River Seine. At the left of the scene, one of the park's gazebos is set among the trees. This view from Saint-Cloud over the river was a traditional and popular one. Very little is known about the life of Pau de Saint-Martin. Most of his surviving works are landscapes, the titles of which indicate he painted in the Forest of Fontainebleau, southeast of Paris, as early as 1795. Perhaps the artist is most important as the teacher of his nephew Theodore Rousseau (1812–1867), who became the founder of the Barbizon school of landscape painting. --- 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. 486-487, Vol. II, no. 169 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.121/1977.121_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.121/1977.121_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1977.121/1977.121_full.tif