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Rejection and revenge: Adolphe Willette, Jacques-Louis David and Henri Gervex

12/2022 | 1437 | 164

Pages: 1210-1215

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Author:

Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)

Subjects

artists:

Willette, Adolphe / Gervex, Henri / David, Jacques-Louis

artists:

Pille, Henri

dates:

1880-1889

places:

Paris

subjects:

Salons (art exhibitions) / Juries / Nineteenth-century French art / Caricatures / Drawings

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Parce Domine, parce populo tuo!, by Adolphe Willette. 1884. Oil on canvas, 200 by 390 cm. (Musée de Montmartre, Paris; © Archives Charmet / Bridgeman Images).

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2. A meeting of the painting jury, by Henri Gervex. 1885. Oil on canvas, 299 by 419 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; © Peter Willi / Bridgeman Images).

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3. The tennis court oath, by Jacques-Louis David. 1791. Graphite, pen and sepia wash heightened with white on paper, 65 by 105 cm. (Musée national du Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).

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4. The painting jury – a sketch of the painting by Gervex after Jacques-Louis David, by Adolphe Willette. Photomechanical process, 31 by 45 cm. (Le Chat noir, 2nd May 1885).

Attributed works:

5. Masthead of Le Chat Noir, no.1 (14th January 1882), by Henri Pille. (Private collection).

Exhibition Review

Henri Gervex. Paris and Nice

07/1993 | 1084 | 135

Pages: 497-498

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Reviewer:

Doy, Guinevere (Doy, Guinevere)

Subjects

artists:

Gervex, Henri

dates:

1990-1999

museums and institutions:

Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, Nice, France

places:

France / Nice

subjects:

Exhibitions / Reviews

Illustrations

Attributed works:

48. Café Scene, by Henri Gervex. 1877. 100.5 by 136 cm. (Institute of Arts, Detroit; Exh. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice).

Attributed works:

49. Before the Operation, by Henri Gervex. 1887. 242 by 188 cm. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Exh. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice).

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