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ALBERT DUBOIS-PILLET (1846-1890)
The canal, circa 1880-1883
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ALBERT DUBOIS-PILLET (1846-1890)
The canal, circa 1880-1883
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See original version (French)
Estimate €20,000 - €30,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ALBERT DUBOIS-PILLET (1846-1890)
The canal, circa 1880-1883
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
(Old restorations with piece on the back)
46 x 32 cm - 18 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.
Oil on canvas, unsigned
Provenance :
Sale, Importants tableaux modernes [...], Me Bellier, Paris, Palais Galliera, 27 June 1968, lot 69
Sale, Importants tableaux modernes [...], Loudmer-Poulain-Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, Palais Galliera, 28 November 1971, lot 13
Sale, Modern Paintings and Sculptures [...], Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, Palais Galliera, 6 December 1975, lot 58
Sale, Importants tableaux du présent, Briest, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 21 June 1984, lot 42 (titled L'écluse)
Private collection, France (acquired at previous sale and by descent)
Bibliography :
Patrick Offenstadt, Albert Dubois-Pillet, Catalogue raisonné, Paris: Galerie Offenstadt Publications, n. d. [after 2017], described and reproduced under no. 10, p. 29
Notice:
"Albert Dubois, who adopted Dubois-Pillet as his artist's name in 1883 (adding his mother's name to his surname), began his artistic career late in life, when he had joined the armed forces. After a few unsuccessful attempts, he was accepted by the jury at the Salon in 1877, with a still life entitled Un coin de table (cat. 79). Two years later, he was accepted again with Chrysanthemums (cat. 80), an undoubtedly classical subject. A diligent painter, he took on commercial subjects, probably less to sell his canvases than to try his hand at genres prized by Salon painters. But to shine in this milieu, it would have been better to be recommended by a master, as was customary to indicate in the Salon booklet. Dubois was self-taught and painted primarily to satisfy a passion. "Not being anyone's pupil, it was not in keeping with my character to ascribe to myself a fancy one", he confided in 1888. Not even Manet, who was awarded the Légion d'honneur on the verge of death, and with whom Dubois would have been close around 1883. Could this possible encounter with Manet have encouraged Albert Dubois to turn towards clear painting, known as Impressionism? After the master's death, although he was refused entry to the Salon of 1883, the following year he joined the group of independent artists, playing a major role in its foundation. As Dubois-Pillet, he met a young generation of artists. Whether it was Georges Seurat, who had been classically trained, or Paul Signac, Dubois-Pillet shared with them the shock of discovering Impressionist painting in Parisian galleries in the years 1875-1880. Their role models were Manet, Monet, Guillaumin, Pissarro...".
Patrick Offenstadt, Albert Dubois-Pillet, Catalogue raisonné, Paris: Galerie Offenstadt Publications, n. d. [after 2017], p. 9
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"A contemporary account by the painter J. Majola states that Dubois-Pillet was a pupil of Manet. If so, Dubois would have known Manet before his death on 30 April 1883. Whatever the case, around 1881 Dubois more or less imitated Manet; if he did not know the man, he admired the painter".
Roger Gounot, 1969
Further information:
In his catalogue raisonné, Patrick Offenstadt states that this work was previously known only from the black and white reproductions in the auction catalogues in which it was included. In terms of its geometric composition, he likens it to a painting entitled Le Pont Marie à Paris (no. 11).
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