id: 286185 accession number: 2020.129 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.129 updated: 2023-04-22 12:24:44.067000 Self-Portrait, 1872. Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841–1927). Pastel on cream laid paper mounted on cardboard; image and sheet: 37.8 x 31.9 cm (14 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.129 title: Self-Portrait title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1872 creation date earliest: 1872 creation date latest: 1872 current location: 101A Prints & Drawings creditline: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: pastel on cream laid paper mounted on cardboard department: Drawings collection: Drawings type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: Gray 28 --- CREATORS * Armand Guillaumin (French, 1841–1927) - artist French painter, 1841-1927 --- measurements: Image and Sheet: 37.8 x 31.9 cm (14 7/8 x 12 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed and dated, lower left, in black pastel: Guillaumin 72 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection opening date: 2022-09-11T04:00:00 Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023). title: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2023-01-20T05:00:00 Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 20-April 30, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927): En famille et sur le motif. Galerie Theirry Mercier, Paris (October 1–31, 2003). --- PROVENANCE Studio of the artist [1841-1927], by descent to the artist's daughter, Marguerite Guillaumin date: 1872-1927 footnotes: citations: Marguerite Guillaumin [1893-1967], by descent within the Guillaumin family date: 1927-1967 footnotes: citations: Guillaumin family collection date: 1967-2003 footnotes: citations: (Thierry Mercier Gallery, Paris, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH) date: ?-? footnotes: citations: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Shaker Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: ?-2020 footnotes: citations: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Armand Guillaumin came from a working-class background and was employed as a laborer for Paris's Department of Bridges and Roads in order to support his artistic ambitions. digital description: This self-portrait is one of several that Armand Guillaumin created as a young artist during the early 1870s. Around this time, he worked closely with Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne, experimenting alongside them with vivid layers of color. Here, Guillaumin juxtaposed dark, dull tones with bright blue and orange to create unexpected optical blends. He meets the viewer's gaze directly, suggesting his intense focus at a period when such experimentation was just beginning to coalesce into the Impressionist movement. wall description: In this pastel, a young Armand Guillaumin meets the viewer’s gaze. Although the artist depicted himself often, the bold, unexpected juxtapositions of color in this sheet are unique. A frequent participant in the Impressionists’ group exhibitions, Guillaumin pursued an artistic career while working full time for the French railway system. Self-portraiture was a preferred subject, given its immediacy and its accessibility during his limited free hours. This example was produced in a year when Guillaumin was rejected from the Paris Salon but also developed the distinctive style shown here, and his assertive expression reflects this complicated time. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Trabault, Marc-Edo. Armand Guillaumin en famille et sur le motif. Exh. cat. Anvers: Antwerpen Peré, 1971. page number: Mentioned: pp. 74-75; Reproduced: p. 63 url: Gray, Christopher. Armand Guillaumin. Chester, CT: Pequot, 1991. page number: Mentioned: pp. 12, 268, no. 28; Reproduced: frontispiece url: Armand Guillaumin (1841–1927): En famille et sur le motif. Exh. cat. Paris: Galerie Thierry Mercier, 2003. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: no. 1 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.129/2020.129_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.129/2020.129_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.129/2020.129_full.tif