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The Unvarnished Truth: Mattness, 'Primitivism' and Modernity in French Painting, c.1870-1907

11/1994 | 1100 | 136

Pages: 738-746

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Author:

Callen, Anthea (Callen, Anthea)

Subjects

dates:

1850-1899

dates:

1900-1909

places:

France

subjects:

French painting / Oil painting (technique)

subjects:

Varnish

subjects:

Impressionism / Critical Reception / Art market

subjects:

Fauvism

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Oatfields, by Claude Monet. 1890. 64.1 by 90.8 cm. (Private Collection).

Attributed works:

10. Judgment of Solomon, by Andrea Mantegna. Distemper on Linen, 46.5 by 37 cm. (Louvre, Paris).

Attributed works:

2. Printed Label on the Rear Stretcher Bar of Village d'Eragny, by Camille Pissarro. 1885. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

Attributed works:

3. Varnish Seepage on the Back of Jardins des Tuileries et le Louvre, by Camille Pissarro. 1900. 27 by 34.5 cm. (Sotheby's London, 27th June 1977, Lot 76a).

Attributed works:

4. 'Toile Absorbante' Stamp on Verso of Still Life, by Henri Fantin-Latour. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

Attributed works:

5. Pool of London, by André Derain. 1906. 65.7 by 99.1 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

6. Henri Matisse, by André Derain. 1905. 46 by 34.9 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

7. Mountains at Collioure, by André Derain. 1905. 81 by 100 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).

Attributed works:

8. 'Winton' Stamp on the Verso of Fig.5. [Pool of London, by André Derain. 1906. 65.7 by 99.1 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).]

Attributed works:

9. Woman at a Window, by Edgar Degas. c.1871 72. Oil on Paper on Linen, 61.3 by 45.9 cm. (Courtauld Institute Galleries, London).

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