View antoine vollon biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. Antoine vollon april 23, 1833 august 27, 1900 was a french realist artist, best known as a. Home landscape painting western les meules by antoine vollon. All antoine vollon artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. Antoine vollon auction results artist auction records. The great depression and world war ii challenged americas love affair with butter. French, 18331900, building with turret in a landscape, signed lower left a vollon, oil on panel, 1034 x 78 in 20th century painted and gilt wood and composition louisstyle frame. I am offering this link in the spirit of the artist.
Antoine vollon, known primarily for his excellent stilllife paintings, had a birthday on april 23rd. Our vollon paintings are 100% handpainted on canvas by skilled artists. Happy birthday antoine vollon this painter was born today in france, in 1833, and a french realist, painting still life, marine scenes, and landscapes. Written by museum educators katy friedland and marla k. Charlotte birnbaum on mary ann cawss modern art cookbook. Making up in manets paris and the ideal bourgeois visage, fordham university, november 2007. A painters painter wildenstein 19 east 64th street manhattan through jan.
Antoine vollon enrolled in the ecole des beauxarts in his native lyon in 1851, studying printmaking and winning a silver medal for engraving the following year. Antoine vollon was a painter and engraver who settled in paris in 1863 and became a friend of carpeaux. All antoine vollon paintings ship within 48 hours and include a 30day moneyback guarantee. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists. An april birthday boy antoine vollon davis publications. Often associated with bonvin and ribot and the resurgent interest in 17thcentury dutch painting initiated by the realists, vollon was also a close friend of. Benezit, paris by antoine vollon book art collection of the late col. In his own day, vollon was hailed as a second chardin. He archived a honourable mention in 1885 and was awarded a third class medal. Shop for antoine vollon art from the worlds greatest living artists. Kimberly jones talks about antoine vollons mound of butter. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at art. Antoine vollon french, 1833 1900 antoine vollon was a versatile painter whose work defies the typical labels and classifications that often define painters of 19thcentury france.
Mound of butter is a still life painting of a mound of butter, by the 19thcentury french realist painter antoine vollon made between 1875 and 1885. Perhaps vollon was deliberately trying to distinguish himself from contemporary stilllife painters, and this brave approach earned him the firstclass medal. Antoine vollon paintings for sale currently there are no available antoine vollon paintings for sale at the mark murray gallery. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
American angel beautiful lady belgian bird boat boatman book british child children. Art uk is the online home for every public collection in the uk. The inauguration of 2009 rendered in art cynthia d. Antoine vollon was a french 19th century painter who was born in 1833. Today, we start our gallery by gallery tour on the ground floor of the west building in gallery 39. The story goes that vollons aspirations as a figurative artist were quashed by manets comments on his otherwise well received painting of a. Please contact us if you are interested in selling your antoine vollon paintings or other artwork from the 19th century and early 20th century. Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. If he wasnt the most original of artists, the realist painter antoine vollon 1833 1900 was a technical wiz, known as the chardin of his day for. In the glory days of the annual academic salon in paris 1760s1890swhen the selfappointed arbiters of artistic tastes judged all art submissionsthe salon had a hierarchy of eminent fine art. Their work was featured in an exhibition at the frick collection.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Antoine vollon paintings for sale antoine vollon art value. Antoine vollon april 23, 1833 august 27, 1900 was a french realist artist, best known as a painter of still lifes, landscapes, and figures. The painting is in the national gallery of art in washington d. The arc is the foremost and only vetting service for realist art. See available paintings, works on paper, and design for sale and learn about the artist. Antoine vollon s mound of butter 18751885 is on display at the national gallery of art in washington. Antoine vollon paintings for sale mark murray fine paintings. French realist antoine vollons mound of butter at the. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the. I have one by him which i prize most highly a big creamcheese and a bowl of milk. Hi, im kimberly jones, curator of nineteenthcentury french paintings at the national gallery of art, and im gonna talk a little about one of my very favorite alltime favorite paintings at the national gallery of art. Antoine vollon s eggs and butter caught my attention.
Antoine vollon artwork for sale at online auction antoine. Rendering butter fact, producing a quantity of butter this great would have required such a substantial amount of cream and therefore an even greater measure of milk that the image seems. Daniel gerhartz shares figurative art that illustrates how to assess your subject in order to most accurately relay the correct values and edges. He exhibited in paris at the salon des artistes francais and was a hors concours member of his group, a member of the committee and panel of judges.
Kai fine art american artists, american academy of art, painting still life kai fine art is an art website, shows painting and illustration works all over the world. All public events are canceled through sunday, may 31, 2020. Vollon was greatly influenced by the superb still life painter jeanbaptistesimeon chardin, and followed in his love of simple food and kitchen related genre subjects. During his lifetime, vollon was a successful celebrity, enjoyed an. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Antoine vollon, mound of butter, 187585, oil on canvas, 19 34 x 24. Leading the revival of realism in the visual arts, the art renewal center arc, a 501c3, nonprofit, educational foundation, hosts the largest online museum dedicated to realist art only and includes works by the old masters, 19th century, and contemporary realists as well as articles, letters and other online resources. Antoine vollon 1833 1900 is an artist born in 1833 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1983, at christies, and the most recent auction result is a painting sold in 2020. Stay up to date with antoine vollon french, 1833 1900. One of the fricks most recent acquisitions is view of dieppe harbor, a splendid watercolor and graphite drawing by antoine vollon, featured in this summers presentation landscape drawings in the frick collection. Antoine vollon artist, fine art prices, auction records for. People see mound of butter, a painting by antoine vollon at the national gallery of art, and immediately want to spread it on a chunk of hot bread and eat it.
This informal and freelypainted portrait was painted in dieppe two years after carpeauxs visit to england to escape the paris commune. Carol forman tabler, the landscape paintings of antoine vollon 18331900. Dec 20, 2011 though he also painted landscapes, interiors and figures, 19th century french painter antoine vollon was best know for his lushly painted still lifes. Antoine vollon paintings for sale mark murray fine. People see mound of butter, a painting by antoine vollon at the national gallery of art, and immediately want to spread it on a chunk of hot. National gallery of art mound of butter is one of the most popular paintings at the. Alexis vollon studied under his father antoine vollon from 1885. The score and trumpet represent music, the books philosophy, the canvas on the easel painting, and the various.
Download this artwork provided by the metropolitan museum of art. Tabler, the preeminent scholar of vollon and the donor of the work, discusses littleknown aspects of the career of the. The works of art featured in this book will stimulate childrens imaginations, inspire. Artist maira kalman turned the inauguration of 2009 into an artistic rendition of universal experience.
Antoine vollon monkey in a studio 1869 philadelphia museum of art 30 x 24 fine art giclee canvas print unframed reproduction. This painting, which is in the collection of the national gallery of art in washington, is the subject of a short essay by contemporary painter duane. Recommendations easy access to all the tourist sites at an intersection of streets where concept stores, designer boutiques, fine restaurants, trendy bars, clubs and concert halls sit side by side, the hotel antoine is a dream location for visitors wanting to experience both the hype and authenticity of paris. The cauldron o il calderone quadro di antoine vollon stampa del 1888 and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Antoine vollon paintings for sale antoine vollon art. Still life with peaches by antoine vollon art renewal center. Antoine vollon april 23, 1833 august 27, 1900 was a french realist artist, best known as a painter of still lifes, landscapes and figures.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. During his lifetime, vollon was a successful celebrity, enjoyed an excellent reputation, and was called a painters painter. Antoine vollon still life with cheese 1880 metropolitan museum of art new york, ny 30 x 28 fine art giclee canvas print unframed reproduction. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by antoine vollon. If he wasnt the most original of artists, the realist painter antoine vollon 18331900 was a technical wiz, known as the. Antoine vollon s lush mound of butter from 187585, in gallery 103d. Antoine vollon a painters painter wildenstein 19 east 64th street manhattan through jan. A still life with a bowl of fruit by antoine vollon. Antoine vollon is known for abstract figure, still life, animals and landscape painting and drawing. Antoine vollon still life with a map of the world, books and parchments be still. Antoine vollon and the perversion of butter, college art association, february 2008. This page was last edited on 30 august 2019, at 07. If he wasnt the most original of artists, the realist painter antoine vollon 18331900 was a technical wiz, known. The gallery is closed to the public until further notice.
This artwork is in the public domain not ed because all artworks by antoine vollon are in the public domain. Shoemaker, the authors of the awardwinning a is for art museum, the images in art museum opposites prompt children to compare the images on each spread and make up stories about what they see. The pages of cawss book are rich with great art examples, but she is an even more reliable authority and a more original guide. Antoine vollon april 23, 1833 august 27, 1900 impressionist paintings. Dec 17, 2014 view auction details, art exhibitions and online catalogues. In this study of an artists studio, vollon creates an allegory of the liberal arts. Recommendations easy access to all the tourist sites at an intersection of streets where concept stores, designer boutiques, fine restaurants, trendy bars, clubs and concert halls sit side by side, the hotel antoine. French realist antoine vollons mound of butter at the national. Vollon once described himself as a young artist madly in love with painting. Antoine vollons best work exhibits verve, sincerity and, at times, a remarkable expressiveness which, taken together, are reminiscent of camille corot, albeit with more passion. The metropolitan museum of art new york city, united states. During the next three centuries, butter became a staple of the american farm.
The large vertical format of the present lot, also seen in antoine vollons salon entry of 1868, les curiosites, breaks from the traditional horizontal composition of tabletop still life paintings. Tabler, the preeminent scholar of vollon and the donor of the work, discusses littleknown aspects of the career of the nineteenthcentury artist. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Decapitation, the uncanny, and antoine vollons mound of butter, nineteenthcentury french studies association, university of alabama, october 2007. The work is primarily a pile of weightless brushstrokes, perhaps a comment on the excesses of impressionism. Marni kessler the kress foundation department of art history.
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