French, 1841-1927

Provenance:

Lucien Schloss, Paris

Peter Findlay, New York

Private Collection, France

Born Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin in Paris, France, he worked at his uncle's lingerie shop while attending evening drawing lessons. He also worked for a French government railway before studying at the Académie Suisse in 1861. There, he met Paul Cézanne and Camille Pissarro with whom maintained lifelong friendships. While he never achieved the stature of these two, his influence on their work was significant. Cézanne attempted his first etching based on Guillaumin paintings of barges on the River Seine.

Guillaumin exhibited at the Salon des Refusés in 1863 and later became a friend of Vincent van Gogh whose brother, Theo sold some of his works.

Noted for his intense colors, major museums around the world display Guillaumin's art. He is best remembered for his landscapes of Paris, the Creuse département, and the area around Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel near the Mediterraneran coast in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France.

Armand Guillaumin died in 1927 in Orly, Val-de-Marne just south of Paris.

Exhibition:      Geneva,: Musée du Petit Palais,Guillaumin,8th January-31st May 1992 n.32,p.82(reproduced in colour)
Toulouse, Musée Paul Dupuy,Armand Guillaumin l'impressionniste, ami de Cézanne et de    Van Gogh, 24 February.- 31st  May 1993, p. 88 n° 32
Clermont Ferrand, Musée des Beaux Arts, Armand Guillaumin l'impressionniste, ami de Cézanne et de Van Gogh, 17 February. - 11 June 1995, n° 36
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Vom Spiel der farbe Armand Guillaumin ein wergessener Impressionist, 23 February.- 5 May 1996, P. 207 n° G 68
 Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage: Armand Guillaumin, un maitre de l’impressionnisme, 12th July -20th October 1997, n.62 p.110
Belfort, Musée d’Art et d’histoire, Armand Guillaumin de la lumière à la couleur, 7th June-31st August 1997, n.35 p.65
Turin, Palazzo Bricheriaso, l’Impressionismo di Guillaumin, 24th October 2003-1st Bebruary 2007,p.105 ( reproduced in colour)

Literature :     G Serretet D Fabiani, Armand Guillaumin catalogue de l’oeuvre peint, Paris 1971,n.394,
                        Christopher. Gray: Armand Guillaumin, Pequot Press, Chester Conn.1991, page 178