Core Record |
| Title |
Portrait of Mlle. Marie Fantin-Latour |
| Collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Artist |
Fantin-Latour, Henri (French painter and printmaker, 1836-1904) |
| Date |
1859 (dated) |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
This portrait of the artist's sister was rejected by the Salon of 1859 perhaps because of its simple masses and soft outlines. French academic painting still favoured clear, firm evidence of dessin. Fantin-Latour's treatment of light in terms of tone rather than colour places him apart from the Impressionists and marks him out as belonging to the earlier generation of artists upon whose experiments the Impressionists built. Fantin showed it in an exhibition in the studio of François Bonvin, the painter. |
| Current Accession Number |
1953P13 |
| Former Accession Number |
P.13´53 |
| Inscription |
front cl 'Fantin 1859' |
| Subject |
portrait (Mlle. Marie Fantin-Latour) |
| Measurements |
73.7 x 58.4 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by Colin Kenrick 1953. |
| Provenance |
A. M. Gorjeu. |
| Principal Exhibitions |
Francois Bonvin's Studio, 1959; Paris-Londres, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, 1953, cat. no. 2; 19th Century French Painting; Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth, 1960, cat. no. 16; Fantin-Latour, Wildenstein and Company, 1984, cat. no. 6; French Impressionism, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1991, cat. no. 30. |
| Publications |
Jullien, A., Fantin-Latour, 1909; Madame Fantin-Latour, Oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, 1911, no. 112; Dimier, L., Faits et Idées de Histoire des Arts, 1923, p. 65; Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Catalogue, 1960; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 58, ill. |
| Notes |
Inscription on back of canvas '4786'. Stamp on back of canvas 'TABLEAUX MODERNES/ G. TEMPELAERE/ 23 Rue [illegible]/ Paris.' |
| Rights Owner |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author |
Dr Patricia Smyth |
