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Article
Surrealism versus the academy: Charles Estienne on Paul Gauguin and Vasily Kandinsky
08/2017 | 1373 | 159
Pages: 623-629
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Author:
Parkinson, Gavin (Parkinson, Gavin)
Subjects
art literature:
Estienne, Charles, art critic, act. 20th c. / Breton, André / Apollinaire, Guillaume
artists:
Gauguin, Paul / Kandinsky, Wassily / Sérusier, Paul / Ernst, Max
artists:
Denis, Maurice / Filiger, Charles
places:
Pont-Aven / Brittany
subjects:
Surrealism / Academicism / Art theory / Art criticism / Art history
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Still life with oranges, by Paul Gauguin. 1880 (Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes)
Attributed works:
32. Te reroia (The dream), by Paul Gauguin. 1897 (Courtauld Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
33. Dada Gauguin, by Max Ernst. 1920 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Attributed works:
34. The talisman, by Paul Sérusier. 1888 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
Attributed works:
36. Symbolist architecture with two green bulls, by Charles Filiger. c.1900-14 (Musée des beaux-arts, Quimper)
Western art unattributed:
35. Photograph of André Breton, Benjamin Péret, Yves Elléouët and Charles Estienne at Saint-Cirque-Lapopie. c.1952 (Atelier André Breton, Paris)
Article
Gauguin’s clogs
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 540-543
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Author:
Bailey, Martin (Bailey, Martin)
Subjects
artists:
Gauguin, Paul
artists:
Newman, Benjamin
dates:
1880-1889
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
places:
Brittany / France / Pont-Aven
print:
Gauguin, Paul
subjects:
Woodworking / Woodwork
subjects:
Shoes (footwear)
subjects:
French painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Breton girl in right profile, by Paul Gauguin. 1886. Pastel, white chalk and charcoal on paper, 46 by 32 cm. (Private collection; courtesy of Christie’s, London).
Attributed works:
39. Lunch in Brittany, by Benjamin Newman. 1886–87. Canvas, 119 by 173 cm. (Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg ME).
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41. Portrait of Gauguin, by Archibald Hartrick. Undated. Watercolour on paper, dimensions and present location unknown. (From A. Hartrick: A Painter’s Pilgrimage through Fifty Years, Cambridge 1939, opposite p.32).
Attributed works:
42. A pair of wooden clogs, carved by Paul Gauguin. c.1886–90. Polychromed oak, leather and iron nails, 12.9 by 32.7 by 11.3 cm. (Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
43. A pair of wooden clogs, carved by Paul Gauguin. c.1886–89. Polychromed wood (probably oak), 14 by 28 by 10 cm. (Mr and Mrs Carl Gewirz, USA).
Attributed works:
44. A pair of wooden clogs, carved by Paul Gauguin. c.1886. Dimensions and present location unknown. (From C. Gray: Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin, Baltimore 1963, p.201, no.83).
Attributed works:
45. Le sabotier, by Paul Gauguin. 1888. Canvas, 58 by 49 cm. (Paul Yenu Chichong, Papeete, Tahiti).
Western art unattributed:
40. Artists at Pont-Aven, by an unidentified photographer. 1886. Photograph courtesy of Musée de Pont-Aven.
Article
An unpublished letter from William Scott
04/2009 | 1273 | 151
Pages: 231-233
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Author:
Whitfield, Sarah (Whitfield, Sarah; Whitfield, Mrs)
Subjects
artists:
Hicken, Harry / Scott, William, 1913-1989
artists:
Asselin, Maurice / Nelson, Geoffrey C.
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949
places:
Pont-Aven
print:
Scott, William, 1913-1989
print:
Hicken, Harry
subjects:
Correspondence / Drawings / Portraits / Biographies / Artists' groups and associations
subjects:
British painting / British sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Portrait of William Scott, by Harry Hicken. 1933. Ink on paper, 13.4 by 16.8 cm. (Estate of William Scott; photograph courtesy of the William Scott Archive, London).
Attributed works:
37. William Scott feigning exhaustion, by Harry Hicken. 1933. Ink on paper, 16.6 by 14.5 cm. (Estate of Harry Hicken).
Attributed works:
38. Untitled (female nude), by William Scott. c.1933. Bog oak, dimensions unknown. (Private collection; photograph courtesy of Adrian Hicken, London).
Attributed works:
39. Untitled (seated woman and child), by William Scott. c.1933. Plaster, 45 cm. high. (Whereabouts unknown; formerly the collection of Harry Hicken; photograph courtesy of the William Scott Archive, London).
Attributed works:
40. Untitled (Susanna and the elders?), by William Scott. 1934. Oil on plyboard, 45 by 55.5 cm. (Estate of William Scott; photograph courtesy of the William Scott Archive, London).
Publication Received
A Sourcebook of Gauguin’s Symbolist Followers: Les Nabis, Pont-Aven, Rose + Croix
05/2006 | 1238 | 148
Pages: 354-355
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
Subjects
artists:
Gauguin, Paul
artists:
followers of
dates:
1870-1909
places:
Pont-Aven
print:
Gauguin, Paul
subjects:
Visual sources / Biographies / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Symbolist movement / Nabis (movement)
subjects:
French painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Sourcebook of Gauguin’s Symbolist Followers: Les Nabis, Pont-Aven, Rose + Croix | editor: Clement, Russell T. , editor: Erbolato-Ramsey, Christine , editor: Houzé, Annick
Exhibition Review
Visitors to Brittany. Pont-Aven and Quimper
10/2004 | 1219 | 146
Pages: 704-705
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Belinda (Thomson, Belinda)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Musée de Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France
museums and institutions:
Musée des beaux-arts, Quimper, France
places:
Pont-Aven / Quimper
print:
Brittany
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews / French painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Peintres britanniques en Bretagne | institution: Musée de Pont-Aven
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Young Breton girl, by Eric Forbes-Robertson. 1890. 35 by 25 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée de Pont-Aven).
Attributed works:
69. Sleeping fisherman, Ploaré, Brittany, by Christopher Wood. 1930. 37.8 by 72.8 cm. (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne; exh. Musée de Pont-Aven).
Attributed works:
70. Portrait of a young fisherman, by Władysław Ślewiński. 1898. 62.5 by 43 cm. (Muzeum Naradowe, Warsaw; exh. Musée départmental breton, Quimper).