id: 150054 accession number: 1980.265 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.265 updated: 2022-01-04 16:54:32.914000 Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles, c. 1865. Paul Guigou (French, 1834-1871). Oil on wood panel; unframed: 38.6 x 58.4 cm (15 3/16 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.265 title: Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1865 creation date earliest: 1860 creation date latest: 1870 current location: creditline: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 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 * Paul Guigou (French, 1834-1871) - artist Paul Guigou was born in the Vaucluse, where his family were beekeepers and small-property owners. In 1850 his family settled in Marseilles where he studied four years later with Émile Loubon (1809-1863), the director of the local École des Beaux-Arts. Guigou painted primarily Provençal landscapes en plein air, in line with his teacher Loubon. In 1855 he first visited Paris and from then on would often travel between the capital and Marseilles. Guigou was influenced by the Barbizon painters who exhibited in Marseilles and later by Courbet (q.v.), whose work he saw on a visit to Paris in 1859. That same year he became friends with Monticelli (q.v.) with whom he often painted. Guigou exhibited regularly in the south, but his works met with mixed reviews. In 1862 he finally settled in Paris and, beginning in 1863, participated annually in the Salon. His paintings, however, went generally unnoticed. In order to earn some money, he gave drawing lessons and wrote exhibition reviews. In 1865 he could not afford to return to Marseilles, as he usually did, and made painting excursions along the Seine and Marne. It was not until his friend Théodore Duret, the French writer and collector, wrote a review of the Salon of 1870 in L'Électeur Libre, that Guigou's talents were acknowledged. He died from a stroke at the age of thirty-seven. --- measurements: Unframed: 38.6 x 58.4 cm (15 3/16 x 23 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: Paul Guigou translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1980 opening date: 1981-06-23T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 23-July 19, 1981). title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * According to label on reverse, Provence en Suisse (date and place of exhibition unknown).
Paris, Galerie Alfred Daber. Guigou 1834-1871, deuxième exposition (1939), no. 3, Paysage à Saint-André près Marseille. "Bois 39 x 58.5 cm, signé b. d. [incorrect] peint en 1865. Il existe un tableau identique à Marseille de dimensions plus réduites." --- PROVENANCE (Galerie Alfred Daber, Paris) date: 1939 footnotes: * The Cleveland painting is No. 3 in a Guigou exhibition held at Galerie Daber in 1939. The lender/consignor of the painting to Galerie Daber is not specified, and thus far, the painting has not been situated in the collections of any of the lenders listed at the end of the exhibition catalogue. citations: (Arthur Tooth & Sons, London) date: ? footnotes: citations: Private collection, New York, consigned to Sotheby’s date: Until 1979 footnotes: citations: (Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 1979, lot 207 date: 1979 footnotes: * he sale catalogue lists the Guigou painting under "property of a New York private collector." The Butkins or an agent buying on their behalf may have been the buyers of the painting, as they were actively purchasing artworks at auction in the late 1970s. citations: Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-2008], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Muriel S. Butkin date: Probably 1979-1980 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1980- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Guigou was once the drawing master for the children of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild. digital description: This view of a rocky landscape along the Mediterranean coast of southern France reflects the naturalist ambition of capturing exact details and atmospheric effects observed directly from life. Clear, intense light floods over the stony cliffs and the sparse greenery baked in the heat of sun. The artist, l Guigou, studied art in Marseilles and devoted most of his career to painting views of his native Provence. In 1855 he began traveling back and forth between Marseilles and Paris, where he became familiar with the paintings of Gustave Courbet and died of a stroke at age 37. wall description: This view of a rocky landscape along the Mediterranean coast of southern France reflects the naturalist ambition of capturing exact details and atmospheric effects observed directly from life. Clear, intense light floods over the stony cliffs and the sparse greenery baked in the heat of sun. The artist, l Guigou, studied art in Marseilles and devoted most of his career to painting views of his native Provence. In 1855, he began traveling back and forth between Marseilles and Paris, where he became familiar with the paintings of Gustave Courbet and died of stroke at age 37. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS
Galerie Daber. Guigou, 1834-1871: deuxième exposition. Paris: Galerie Alfred Daber, 1939. 

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Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. 19th Century European Paintings. May 4, 1979.
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Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. 19th Century European Paintings. May 4, 1979.
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de Gail, Sylvie Lamort, and Bernard Dorival. Paul Guigou: catalogue raisonné. Paris: Arhis, 1989.
 
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Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. 19th Century European Paintings. May 4, 1979.
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Estate of Noah L. Butkin, Bequests to Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Murel S. Butkin. Estates, Gifts, and Funds, Series 1, Box 2:14. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.

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