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| Title | La Vigne | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Studio of Daubigny, Charles François (French landscapist, 1817-1878) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1860 | |
| Date Latest | about 1863 | |
| Description | This is a study for Vendanges en Bourgogne, exhibited at the Salon of 1863 and purchased by the Louvre at the artist's sale in 1878 (no. 133). After meeting Camille Corot in 1852, Daubigny devoted his time increasingly to landscapes painted directly from nature. To facilitate this, he launched his Botin in 1857, a studio-boat in which he could float whilst sketching the surrounding countryside. He was criticised by Theophile Gautier for his directness and lack of traditional finish and accused of rendering the 'impression' of nature. It was not until the end of the century that he began to be admired as a forerunner of the Impressionist movement. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1962P6 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.6'62 | |
| Subject | landscape (vineyard) | |
| Measurements | 62.3 x 81.3 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Purchased with the aid of the Public Picture Gallery Fund 1962. | |
| Provenance | Vve Karl Daubigny; Dessen Witwe; Hazlitt Gooden & Fox, London. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Barbizon School IV, Hazlitt Gallery, 1958, cat. no. 6; Paintings by C. F. Daubigny, Hazlitt Gallery, October 1959, cat. no. 5, ill.; Barbizon School of Painting, Haus Der Kunst, Munich, 1996, cat. no. B58, ill. | |
| Publications | Hellebranth, R., Charles-François Daubigny, 1976, no. 494, ill.; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 40, ill. | |
| Notes | Inscription front ll 'Cette étude est de Charles Daubigny et m'a appartenu. Vve Karl Daubigny' | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |