- Artist
- Auguste-Xavier Leprince
(French, 1799 - 1826) - Title
- The Artist's Studio
- Date
- 1826
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28 11/16 x 36 3/8 in. Overall
- Credit
- Harry and Margaret P. Glicksman, Juli Plant Grainger, John S. Lord, and Earl O. Vits Endowment Funds, and Norman Bassett Foundation Fund purchase
- Accession No.
- 1982.58
- Classification
- Paintings
- Geography
- France
Related
1826-1843, M. Dusommerard; 11-13 December 1843, sale [no. 197] (Paris, France); François Delessert; 16 March 1869, sold to Octave de Labastie; 1982, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox Ltd. (London, England) sold to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]
- Beetem, Robert. "An Artist's Studio in 1826 by August-Xavier Leprince." Bulletin/Annual Report 1985-1986, Elvehjem Museum of Art (1986): 17-28. pp. 17-28
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 78
- Olausson, Magnus. "In the Artist's Studio: Auguste-Xavier Leprince and the Studio Interior and an Artistic Strategy." Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm, vol. 26.1 (2020): http://nationalmuseum.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1473800/FULLTEXT01.pdf pp. 53-58, fig. 1
- Gautier, Bertrand and Bertrand Talabardon. "Le XIXe Siecle." Sale catalogue. Paris: Talabardon & Gautier: Tabeaux, Dessins, Sculptures, 2002, (December 5-21, 2002) n.p., cat. no. 11
- In the Studio: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/1/2019–8/11/2019
- Director's Legacy, A: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/7/1983–11/20/1983
- Salon of 1827, Paris: Paris Salon
Painting depicting an art studio filled with a crowd of people engaging in painting, observation, and socializing. Scattered throughout the studio are several artists seated on stools and holding paint pallets in front of canvases held up by wooden easels. Standing behind the artists is a crowd of onlookers who appear to be observing or conversing with the artists. Three figures stand on a staircase along the back wall of the studio. All the figures wear dark-colored pants and suitcoats with white collared shirts. On the left side of the studio, several artists wear blue smocks over their suits. A small group of figures on the right side of the canvas look different than the others as one artist wears a red smock and white apron, and another artist wears a long white coat. These artists are interacting with a man standing before them wearing a long, fur-lined red overcoat. The studio has terracotta tiled floors, green walls, and a high ceiling that slants down to the left. Horizontal beams support the ceiling above the studio. Sunlight fills the space through a large skylight on the slanted ceiling on the left. The skylight is draped with a large, dark piece of fabric that swoops down and back, partially blocking the skylight. An ancient marble bust and a few framed paintings adorn the studio. A white dog lies on the floor near the center of the room, and a cat peeks through the skylight from above.
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