The Boulevard

c. 1900/1905

Jean François Raffaëlli

Associated Names
Jean François Raffaëlli

Painter, French, 1850 - 1924

The image shows a busy street scene from a slightly elevated perspective. The area is filled with people, horses, buildings, and leafless trees, giving a sense of winter or late autumn. The brushstrokes convey movement, with lively figures and horses contrasted with softer strokes for the buildings and trees. The color palette is mostly muted earth tones with occasional bright accents, like red hats. A grand building with ornate architecture is on the right, with lit windows.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Boussod et Valadon, Paris); William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Loan to the Chevy Chase Club, Maryland, 1970.

1978

  • The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April - 16 July 1978, unnumbered catalogue.

1983

  • La Vie Moderne: Nineteenth Century French Art from the Corcoran Gallery, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tampa Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Akron Art Museum, 1983-1985, no. 36, repro.

1989

  • The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings; Montana Historical Center, Helena, 1989, unnumbered checklist.

2003

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 19 July 2003 - 18 October 2004, unpublished checklist.

2011

  • A Passion for Nature: Landscape Painting from 19th Century France, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 15 October 2011 - 20 February 2012, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1925

  • Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part I. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 108, no. 12.

Inscriptions

lower right: J F Raffaëlli

Wikidata ID

Q46632211

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