id: 150031 accession number: 1980.245 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.245 updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:45.721000 The Marl Pit at Mulcent: Evening, after 1857. Antoine Chintreuil (French, 1814–1873). Oil on paper, mounted to cardboard, mounted to plywood; framed: 64.2 x 115.8 x 7.7 cm (25 1/4 x 45 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.); unframed: 47.6 x 99.2 cm (18 3/4 x 39 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.245 title: The Marl Pit at Mulcent: Evening title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: after 1857 creation date earliest: 1857 creation date latest: 1867 current location: creditline: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: oil on paper, mounted to cardboard, mounted to plywood department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Antoine Chintreuil (French, 1814–1873) - artist Antoine Chintreuil arrived in Paris in 1838 and entered the atelier of history painter Delaroche (q.v.) in 1842. Around the following year, Chintreuil met Corot (q.v.) who became his true teacher and advised him to paint landscapes in the open air. Chintreuil's submissions to the Salon were repeatedly rejected until one of his many views of the surroundings of Paris was accepted at the Salon of 1847. In 1850, Chintreuil moved to Igny, southeast of the capital, where he met Daubigny (q.v.) and for the next seven years painted the woods and forests around the valley of the river Bièvre. He then moved to La Tournelle-Septeuil in the Seine valley, where he would remain until his death. An article by Frédéric Henriet in l'Artiste of 1858 marked the beginning of his critical recognition. Chintreuil had exhibited regularly at the Salon, although in 1863 he was one of the many artists who had to participate in the Salon des Refusés. Later on though, the State purchased several of his works and in 1870 he received the Legion of Honor. Toward the end of his career the artist also painted several coastal scenes. Because of his relentless studying of various light and weather conditions, Chintreuil is one of the artists who, together with others such as Boudin (q.v.) and Jongkind (q.v.), are now seen as the precursors of the impressionists. --- measurements: Framed: 64.2 x 115.8 x 7.7 cm (25 1/4 x 45 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.); Unframed: 47.6 x 99.2 cm (18 3/4 x 39 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: Chintreuil translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). title: La nascita dell'impressionismo opening date: 2000-09-09T00:00:00 La nascita dell'impressionismo. Casa dei Carraresi, 31100 Treviso, Italy (September 9, 2000-January 14, 2001). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Paris, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts. Tableaux, études et dessins de Chintreuil (1874), no. 126, La marnière de Mulcent; effet du soir, app. à C. Daubigny.', 'opening_date': None} * {'description': 'Treviso, Italy: Casa Dei Carreresi (organized by Linea d\'ombra srl in Conegliano, Italy) (9/9/00-1/14/01) "La nascita dell\'impressionismo"exh. cat. no. 73, p. 176-177.', 'opening_date': '2000-09-09T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Painter Charles François Daubigny by 1874. His collection sale, Paris, Drouot, 14 April 1891 (lot 49), Paysage; soleil couchant, peinture sur papier marouflé sur toile, 48 x 100 cm. Galerie Berne Bellecour, Paris 1893. E. Martinet by 1894. Martinet collection sale, Paris, Drouot, 27 February 1896 (lot 51), La marnière de Mulcent; effet du soir. Dr. Salathé-Dietz. Paris sale, Drouot, 14 December 1976 (lot 76), Paysage: soleil couchant, 48 x 100 cm. Galerie Delestre, Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland. Bequeathed to the CMA in 1980. 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. 130-131, Vol. I, no. 49 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.245/1980.245_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.245/1980.245_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1980.245/1980.245_full.tif