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The Art of Jules-Joseph Lefebvre

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GALLERY 2: PAINTINGS - PORTRAITS and FIGURES

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

1. "Diva Vittoria Colonna", c 1861
       Oil on canvas [8]
2. "La mort de Priam" (The Death of Priam) 1861
       Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm. Winner Prix de Rome 1861.
       Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. [34]
3. "Ophelia" 1890
       Oil on canvas. [E]
       Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, MA, USA. [L4]
4. "Autumn" (Girl with Mandolin) c 1870s
       Oil on canvas. Private collection, USA [A]
5. "Mignon" (I) c 1870s
       1902 print (bookplate) of painting
       (from the author's personal collection)
6. "Mignon" (II)
       Oil on canvas.
       Shea's Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, USA. [5]
7. "Mignon" (III)
       1879 print of painting. From the Illustrated London News. [1]
8. "Mignon" (IV) 1886
       Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 40.6 cm [31]
       Formerly of the Walsh Family Trust, TX. USA. (Author's Note:
       The model appears to be Lefebvre's daughter Yvonne)
9. "A Mediterranean Beauty"
       Oil on board, 51.5 x 34 cm [A & C]
10. "Portrait of Julia Foster Ward" 1880
       Oil on canvas.
       Private collection, USA [A]
11. "La jeune rieuse"
       Oil on canvas [B]
       Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France. [L7]
12. "La Fiancee"
       Oil on canvas.
       Private collection [A]
13. "Japonaise" (Language of the Fan) 1882
       Oil on canvas.
       Private collection [A]

14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.

20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

14. "The Feathered Fan" 1884
       Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 57.8 cm.
       From Sotherby's catalogue 7300 "Eastern Encounters", 1999
15. "Portrait du Prince Impérial" 1870
       Painting [B]
       Musée de Château de Compiègne, France.
16. "Eugene Louis Napoleon Bonaparte" 1874
       Oil on canvas. Chateau de Versailles, France. [B]
17. "Portrait de Gustave Chaix d'Est-Ange" 1887
       Oil on canvas.
       Musée de l'hôtel Sandelin, Saint-Omer. France.[18]
18. "M. Fitzgerald" 1889
       Oil on canvas. [14] Musée de Cambrai, France. [L6]
19. "Alexander Agassiz" 1901
       Oil on canvas. Harvard Universtiy Art Museum,
       Cambridge, MA, USA. [15]
20. "Lady Godiva (Praying)"
       Vintage print of painting [1]
21. "A Bride of Sorrento"
       1882 print of painting [1]
22. "The Young Bride"
       1888 engraving of the Lefebvre painting.[1]
23. "L'Orpheline"
       Vintage print of painting [1]
24. "Mme Vve Raspail"
       Vintage print of painting [1]
25. "Portrait of a Lady" (I)
       Oil on canvas.
       Private collection, USA [A]
26. "Violetta"
       Vintage print of painting [1]

27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.

33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38.


27. "Portrait of a woman"
       Oil on canvas. Private collection[A]
28. "Portrait d'Antonio, modèle italien" 1865
       Oil on canvas [B]
       Château-Musée, Nemours, France.
29. "Portrait du sculpteur Sanson"
       Oil on canvas [B]
       Château-Musée, Nemours, France.
30. "Jeanne La Rousse"
       Vintage print of painting [1]
       (See also the magazine cover shown in section 4 below).
31. "Yvonne" 1901 (Lefebvre's daughter)
       Oil on canvas [B]
       Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France.
32. "Portrait of Edna Barger" 1884
       Oil on canvas. Private collection. [A]

33. "Sleeping Vestal"
       1902 print of painting [1]
34. "Vittoria Colonna" (II)
       Vintage colour print of painting. [1]
35. "Madamoiselle A.L."
       Vintage photogravure print of painting,
       from the Salon of 1904 [1]
36. "Sitting Girl with a Hat"
       Painting [21]
37. "Clemence Isaure"
       Oil on canvas, 67.4 x 54.6 cm.
       Private collection, USA [E]
       From Sotherby's catalogue "19th C European Art", Oct 2003
38. "Rachel"
       1888 print of painting [1]

39. 40. 41. 42. 43.

44. 45. 46. 47. 48.


39. "General Brugere"
       1899 print of painitng [1]
40. "La Poésie Antique" (Ancient Poetry)
       1888 print of painting [1]
41. "Lauretta"
       Painting [7]
       National Gallery of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland.
42. "The Painter's Studio"
       Oil on canvas, 54 x 64.8 cm [C]
43. "Jeune fille a la robe blanche"
       Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm [25]
       Private collection, France.

44. "Portrait of a Lady" (II) 1896
       Oil on canvas, 115 x 88 cm [26]
       Private collection, Brazil.
45. "Venitienne"
       1888 print of painting [1]
46. "Liseuse"
       1889 print of painting [1]
47. "Laure"
       1885 print of painting [1]
       published by Boussod, Valedon & Cie
48. "Woman with an orange"
       Oil on panel, 49.5 x 29.2 cm [27]

49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54.

55. 56. 57. 58. 59.


49. "Graziella" 1878
       Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art. NY, NY, USA.
       [13]. (See also the colour magazine cover in Gallery 4).
50. "Portrait de Mme T***" 1886
       Oil on Canvas [33]
       (Won Medal of Honour in the Salon of 1886)
51. "Portrait de Jeune fille"
       Oil painting, 31.2 x 24 cm [29]
       ex Private collection, Argentina.
52. "Griselidis"
       Painting [1]
       Vintage postcard from Musee de Rouen, France.
53. "Springtime"
       Oil on canvas, 140.6 x 86.4 cm [30]
       Schiller and Bodo gallery, NYC, USA (2006).

54. "Yvonne" (II) 1882 (Lefebvre's daughter)
       Etching of the painting, 12.5 x 16 cm [1]
       From the book "Les Lettres et les Arts : Revue
       Illustree" published Paris 1887
55. "Giovannina"
       Print of painting from the Salon of 1907 [32]
56. "L'Abandonnée"
       Print of painting from the Salon of 1908 [32]
57. "La Vestale Condamnée"
       Print of painting from the Salon of 1910 [32]
58. "Portrait de femme dans un paysage" 1905
       Painting, height 65 cm [35]
59. "Woman in profile"
       Vintage print of a Lefebvre work, 28 X 21cm,
       engraved by Rodolphe Piguet. [1]

60. 61. 62. 63. 64.

65. 66. 67. 68. 69.


60. "Speranza"
       Oil on canvas. Private collection, USA. [36]
61. "Portrait of Maude Barger Wallace"
       Painting [37]
62. "La Fiammetta" 1886
       Vintage print from "Le Monde Illustré" 1886 [1]
63. "Portrait of a Woman" (II) 1873
       Oil on canvas (monotone oil sketch), 53 x 40cm [1]
64. "Portrit of James A. Campbell" 1895
       Oil on canvas, 83 x 53 inches [38]
       Robert Campbell House Museum, St. Louis, MO. USA.

65. "Maid Servant (Serving tea)" 1880
       Oil on canvas, 132.4 x 84.8cm [39].
       Pera Müzesi, Istanbul, Turkey.
66. "Yvonne" (III) 1877
       Oil on canvas, 61 x 43.5 cm [D]
67. "Jeune orientale au foulard brodé"
       Oil on panel, 37 x 27.5 cm [40]
68. "A Young Girl in Profile"
       Oil on panel, 38.7 x 26.4 cm [D]
69. "Portrait of an Ottoman, "
       Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in [41]

70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 74.

70. "Girl Praying"
       Vintage postcard (no 1211) of the painting from
       the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia [1]
71. "Jeune femme aux tournesols" c1878
       Oil on canvas, 108 x 65 cm [42]
72. "A pensive moment" 1886
       Oil on canvas, 35 x 23 in [43]

73. "A Madame Colin-Libour"
       Oil on canvas, 52 x 36.5 cm [44]
74. "An Italian beauty bearing fruits"
       Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 70 cm [44]
75. "El dolor de María Magdalena"
       Oil on canvas, 240 x 160cm [45]
       Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.


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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.
[L10] "Graziella", New York, NY. USA.
 
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.
       #4."Autumn" (Girl with Mandolin) c 1870s (2002)
       #10."Portrait of Julia Foster Ward" 1880 (2002)
       #12."La Fiancee" (2002)
       #13."Japonaise" (Language of the Fan) 1882 (2002)
       #25."Portrait of a Lady" (I) (2002)
       #27."Portrait of a woman" (2002)
       #32."Portrait of Edna Barger" 1884 (2004)
  [B] Agence photographique de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux" - photographic archive (Search results for Lefebvre)
       #11. "La jeune rieuse" (Dec 2004)
       #15. "Portrait du Prince Impérial" 1870 (Dec 2004)
       #16. "Eugene Louis Napoleon Bonaparte" 1874 (Dec 2004)
       #28. "Portrait d'Antonio, modèle italien" 1865 (Dec 2004)
       #29. "Portrait du sculpteur Sanson" (Dec 2004)
       #31. "Yvonne" 1901 (Dec 2004)
  [C] Sotheby's Search - Sold Lot Archive (Search results for Lefebvre)
       #9. "A Mediterranean Beauty" (2005)
       #42. "The Painter's Studio" (April 2005)
  [D] Christies LotFinder, advanced_search (Past Lots)
       #66. "Yvonne" (III) 1877 (2009)
       #68. "A Young Girl in Profile" (2009)
  [E] Art Magick - Lefebvre Gallery
       #3."Ophelia" 1890 (2002)
       #37."Clemence Isaure" (2004)

     Note: These sites have larger high quality scans of the paintings refferenced [A], [B], [C], [D] & [E] 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" - Article by Philippe Declerck, Y-a-t-il eu scandale pour Olympia?.
[11] "Chloe" - Young and Jacksons Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
[12] "La Cigale" - licenced image, purchased from corbis.com. (listed under the title "The Slave Girl").
[13] "Graziella" - From Maulleigh's posting on flickr.com (August 13, 2008)
[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] "Giovannina", "L'Abandonnée" and "La Vestale Condamnée" - Muzeo Collection, Lefebvre search (December 7, 2006)
[33] "Portrit de Mme T" - photograph from www.culture.gouv.fr (December 12, 2006)
[34] "The Death of Priam" - From peggy_o218's posting on flickr.com (August 13, 2008)
[35] "Portrait de femme dans un paysage" - Artpice.com online classifieds (December 15, 2006)
[36] "Speranza" - Andrei Givotovsky Art Resoration. New York, NY. USA (January 21, 2008)
[37] "Portrait of Maude Barger Wallach" - SuperStock.com image 900-137303. (August 13, 2008)
[38] "Portrait of James A. Campbell" - Image and information kindly provided by the Robert Campbell House Museum,
                                                             St. Louis, Missouri (MO) USA (November 24, 2008)
[39] "Maid Servant (serving tea)" - Image and information from a listing on mutualart.com (Jan 27, 2011)
        and Gitti gidiyor - online item (Jigsaw Puzzle). (July 30, 2009)
[40] "Jeune orientale au foulard brodé" - Image and information from Gros & Delettrez - online listing. (July 30, 2009)
[41] "Portrait of an Ottoman" - Image and information from Grand Central Academy blog. (May 25, 2010)
[42] "Jeune femme aux tournesols" - Image and information from an item on versaillesencheres.auction.fr. (Jan 27, 2011)
[43] "A pensive moment" - Image from underpaintings.blogspot.com and information from mutualart.com (Jan 27, 2011)
[44] "A Madame Colin-Libour" and "An Italian beauty bearing fruits" - Images and information from mutualart.com
        (Jan 27, 2011)
[45] "El dolor de María Magdalena" - Information from the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, article
        Proyecto Patrimonial de Restauración 2010 (Sep 12, 2011)



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