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GALLERY 1: NUDES and SEMI-NUDES

1. 2. 3. 4. 5a. 5b. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

1. "Le peintre des masques" 1863
       Vintage print of painting. [1]
       Museum of Art and History, Auxerre, France
2. "Jeune peintre des masque grec" 1865
       Oil on canvas. [B] Valenciennes, musée des Beaux-Arts
3. "La Vérité" (Truth) 1870
       Oil on canvas [A]. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. [L2]
       (see also a photo card of the model in Gallery 4)
4. "La Cigale" (The Cicada), 1872
       Oil on canvas, 186.7 x 123.8 cm [12]
       NGV International, Melbourne, VIC. Australia
5. "Chloe" 1875
       a. Oil on canvas, 260 x 139 cm [A].
           Young & Jacksons Hotel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. [11]
       b. Study for Chloe, oil on board 29 x 16 cm [C].
6. "Pandora" (I)
       Oil on canvas, 132 x 63 cm.
       Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[23]
7. "Pandora" (II) 1882
       Oil on canvas.
       Private collection [A]
8. "Undine" 1881
       Oil on canvas.
       Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary [34]
9. "Femme Couchée" 1868
       1870 print of painting. [10]
10. "Odalisque" 1874
       Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago, IL. USA. [L5]
       From "French Salon Artists: 1800-1900" R.R.Berrtell,
       published by the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987
11. "Mary Magdelen in the groto" 1876
       Oil on canvas [A]
       The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. [L3]
12. "A bathing nude"
       Oil on canvas, 60 x 95 cm.
       From Christie's East, catalogue "LAUREN-8045", 1997

13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

18. 19a. 19b. 20a. 20b.


13. "Le Reveil de Diane" 1869
       Vintage print of painting. [1]
14. "Diana" 1879
       Oil on panel, 30.5 x 26.7cm.
       From Sotheby's NY, catalogue 6855 "INGRES", 1996.
15. "Diana Surprised" 1879
       Oil on canvas, 279 x 371.5 cm.
       Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[23]
16. "The Dream"
       1889 Engraving, based on a Lefebvre painting. [1]
       (a variation on "Le Reveil de Diane" 1869)

17. "Fleurs des Champs" (Flora)
       Oil on canvas. Private collection, USA [A]
18. "L'Amour Blesse"
       Oil on canvas. Private collection [A]
19. "Lady Godiva" c 1890
       Oil on canvas. Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France [L7]
       a. Vintage print of full painting [22]
       b. 1898 hand-tinted litho print detail of painting [1]
20. "Le Muses de Parisiennes"
       Ceiling mural, in the Salon des Arcades, Paris. [2]
       a. The Painting
       b. A vintage print of the painting. [3]

21. 22. 23. 24a. 24b.

25. 26. 27. 28.


21. "Nymph with Morning Glory Flowers"
       Oil on canvas.
       Private collection [A]
22. "Morning Glories"
       Oil on canvas.
       Private collection [A]
23. "Morning Glory" (II)
       1896 print of painting [1]
24. "Salome" (I)
       a. Painting (detail), Ex private collection USA [20]
           note: stolen in 1985 and still missing.
       b. 1902 print of painting [1]

25. "Salome" (II)
       Print of painting, from "Sarony's Sketch Book" 1895 [1]
26. "Nymph and Baccus"
       Painting
       Musee Luxembourgeois, Arlon. Belgique.
       (image from a vintage print, author's personal collection)
27. "Une fille d'Eve"
       1892 print of painting. [1]
28. "Susanne" c 1900-1910
       Oil on canvas (unfinished - attributed)
       25 ½ x 22 ½ inches
       Ex private collection, Copenhagen, Denmark. [1]

29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36.


29. "Dawn"
       1882 hand-colored photogravure, from a folio on the
       decorations in the Vanderbilt Mansion New York, NY. USA.
       (This was on the ceiling in a bedroom) [1]
30. "A Tavasz Allegoriaja" (Allegory of Spring)
       Oil on canvas, 120.4 X 96.2 cm [24]
31. "Fatma"
       1890 print of paining, published by Boussod et Valadon [1]
       (from the author's personal collection)
32. "Les Modeles"
       1898 print, of the painting from the Salon of 1890 [1]

33. "Amor beim Schärfen seiner Pfeile" 1898
       (Love sharpening its arrows) Oil painting, 132 x 155 cm [28]
       Musée des Beaux-Arts Rouen, Normandy, France.
34. "Reclining Nude" (I)
       Painting [32]
35. "Étude d'une nudité masculine étendue"
       Oil on board, 21 X 15 cm. [33]
       Ex private collection, Belgium
36. "Diana" (II)
       Painting, from a vintage postcard [1]

37. 38. 39.

37. "Morning Glory" 1879
       Oil on canvas, 118.7 x 75.6 cm [36]
38. "Djémilé"
       Painting, from a vintage bookplate [35]

39. "Reclining Nude" (II)
       Oil on panel, 15.2 x 32.1 cm [A]


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LINKS:

[L0] Artnet research library - Lefebvre biography (see also the bio at the Art Renewal Center below).
[L1] Artcyclopedia - Entry on Lefebvre.
[L2] Musée d'Orsay - Home of "La Vérité" (The Truth), in Paris, France.
[L3] The State Hermitage Museum - Home of "Mary Magdelen in the groto", in St Petersburg, Russia.
[L4] Springfield Museum of Fine Arts - Home of "Ophelia", Springfield, MA, USA.
[L5] The Art Institute of Chicago - Home of "Odalisque", IL, USA.
[L6] Musée de Cambrai - Home of "M. Fitzgerald", France.
[L7] Musée de Picardie - Home of "Lady Godiva", Amiens, France.
[L8] Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - Home of "Diana Surpised" and "Pandora", Buenos Aires, Argentina.
[L9] NGV International - Home of "La Cigale", Melbourne, Victoria. Australia.
 
For more links see the references below.

REFERENCES:

  [A] Art Renewal Center - Lefebvre Gallery (Biography & Hi-res images) - Great site, lots of information & galleries of art.
       #3. "La Vérité" (Truth) (2002)
       #5a. "Chloe" (2002)
       #7. "Pandora" (II) (2002)
       #11."Mary Magdelen in the Grotto" (2002)
       #17."Fleurs des Champs" (Flora) (2002)
       #18."L'Amour Blesse" (2002)
       #21."Nymph with Morning Glory Flowers" (2005)
       #22."Morning Glories" (2002)
       #39."Reclining Nude" (II) (June 25, 2010)
  [B] Agence photographique de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux" - photographic archive (Search results for Lefebvre)
       #2. "Jeune peintre des masque grec"
  [C] Sotheby's Search - Sold Lot Archive (Search results for Lefebvre)
       #5b. "Study for Chloe"

     Note: These sites have larger high quality scans of the paintings refferenced above. They are well worth visiting.

  [1] Image and information taken from an auction listing on eBay
  [2] "Le Muses de Parisiennes" - Salon des Arcades, Literature section
  [3] "Le Muses de Parisiennes" - History of "Le nouvel Hotel de Ville", Kyoto University.
  [4] "Wild Flowers" (Portrait of Edna Barger) - Roughton Galleries, www.crgalleries.com.
  [5] "Mingon" - Shea's Buffalo Center for the Performing Arts, Lobbies photo page
  [7] "Lauretta" - Image from "2005 childhood calendar" available from the National Gallery of Ireland
  [8] "Diva Vittoria Colonna" - Ischia Online, The Aragonese Castle.
  [9] "Lia" - Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, www.thinker.org.
[10] "Femme couchée" - Item listing from french-engravings.com (Updated: Jan 27, 2011)
[11] "Chloe" - Young and Jacksons Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
[12] "La Cigale" - image sourced from the online article SEPTEMBER08 - Exposing the Naked and the Nude
        appearing in TROUBLE magazine. (3 October 2008)
[13] "Graziella" - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. USA.
[14] "M. Fitzgerald" - The Bridgeman Art Library, online resource of licenced images.
[15] "Alexander Agassiz" - Harvard University Art Museum Portrait Collection.
[18] "Portrait de Gustave Chaix d'Est-Ange" - Collections, Peintures françaises of the Musee De l'hotel Sandelin
[20] "Salome" (I) - Image and information kindly provided by Charla Provencio (owner's grandaughter), USA.
[21] "Sitting Girl with a Hat" - Jaromir Jelinek
Sale of Art Objects
[22] "Lady Godiva" - Scan of the vintage print kindly provided by a visitor to this site (April 12, 2005).
[23] "Diana Surprised" and "Pandora"(I) - Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
[24] "A Tavasz Allegoriaja" - www.Axio.hu online catalouge
[25] "Jeune fille a la robe blanche" - Artprice.com online classified advertisment (June 2005)
[26] "Portrait of a Lady" (II) - Image and information kindly provided by the owners (June 2005)
[27] "Woman with an orange" - Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art, Featured Artist listing for Lefebvre (July 2005)
[28] "Amor beim Schärfen seiner Pfeile" - ARTOTHEK, Search Motive Database for Lefebvre (January 2006)
[29] "Portrait de Jeune fille" - Hotel de Ventas Guido, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
                                                             Importante Venta de Arte, Septiembre 2005 (January 2006)
[30] "Springtime" - Schiller and Bodo online catalouge listing (August 9, 2006)
[31] "Mignon" (IV) - Heritage Auction Galleries, Sale No. 638, Lot No. 25075 (November 2, 2006)
[32] "Reclining Nude" (I) - auction.fr (December 7, 2006)
[33] "Étude d'une nudité masculine étendue" - Image and information kindly provided by the owners (July 2007)
[34] "Undine" - Title and year of creation from - Mary S. Van Deusen's Lefebvre page. (Feburary 15, 2008).
         Updated colour image from Robin Lees' Picasa Web Album (Jan 27, 2011)
[35] "Djémilé" - Wikimedia Commons (May 25, 2010)
[36] "Morning Glory" - Artnet: Past Auction Results for Lefebvre (July 1, 2010)

NOTE: "David calming the wrath of Saul" removed, as it was identified as a work by Maurice Lefebvre-Lourdet (1860-1934), not J.J.Lefebvre. Thanks to M. Chaillot for the information (August 2007)



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