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Galerie André Weil

Galerie André Weil
Matignon Art Galleries

French

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A young woman reclines and reads a book near a stream that winds through a wooded landscape in this horizontal painting. Painted with rich pine green, trees tower along the riverbanks and fill most of the painting. The olive-colored water seems to have cut straight down over time, creating high banks painted with tones of caramel and honey brown. Steel and slate-gray boulders are scattered in intervals near the river. Deep in the hazy blue distance, mountains line the horizon, which comes halfway up the composition. In the lower left corner of the painting, close to the river, the woman lies on her stomach as she props herself up on her elbows to read. She has pale white skin and her long, dark hair falls over her shoulders. Her white shirt hangs low over her shoulders, and her rose-pink skirt falls just short of her bare feet.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Forest of Fontainebleau, 1834, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.109

Forest of Fontainebleau

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot · 1834 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.109

Rose and coral pink, vivid white, delphinium blue, and buttercup yellow flowers with deep green leaves are arranged in a blue and white vase in front of a pale sea-green background in this vertical still life painting. The vase has a white cup on a flaring foot. The vase is encircled with a twisting, decorative blue vine and scrolls. It sits on a band of peanut brown, suggesting a wooden tabletop. The still life is painted with blended strokes, giving the composition a soft, almost mottled appearance. The artist signed the painting in the lower left corner, “Cezanne.”
Paul Cezanne, Flowers in a Rococo Vase, c. 1876, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.105

Flowers in a Rococo Vase

Paul Cezanne · c. 1876 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.105

André Derain, Woman in a Chemise, c. 1928, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.73

Woman in a Chemise

André Derain · c. 1928 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.73

This painting is a detailed portrait featuring the upper body of a woman seen in side profile, facing the left. She has a fair complexion, with a curved nose, pale eyebrows, pink cheeks, high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and thin pink lips in a neutral expression. Her curly, dark brown hair is styled behind her head and adorned with a wreath of purple and white flowers. She wears a lilac-purple off-the-shoulder dress with white fringe details and a bow in the front. A light-colored shawl or wrap drapes over her shoulders, and she wears multiple strands of pearl necklaces. She appears to sit in a dark red chair that is partially visible on the right, and the background is plain, muted brown.
Henri Fantin-Latour, Duchess de Fitz-James, 1867, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.23

Duchess de Fitz-James

Henri Fantin-Latour · 1867 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.23

Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned, clean-shaven man stands looking off to our right in this vertical portrait painting. The man’s body is squared to us, but he turns his head to the right and looks down in that direction with brown eyes. He has a wide-bridged nose, full lips, and a rounded chin. His cheekbone-length brown hair is parted to the side and brushed straight over his ears. His tomato-red cravat is tied high around his neck over a white shirt and an olive-green vest patterned with a gold-colored grid. His navy-blue coat falls almost to his knees, and he wears brown pants. The stone ledge comes almost to hip height, and the man leans onto his left hand, to our right, braced near its front ledge. The ledge and background are flint gray deepening to iron gray along the bottom edge. The artist signed the painting as if his name was carved into the front face of the ledge: “F. MILLET.”
Jean-François Millet, Leconte de Lisle, c. 1840/1841, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.42

Leconte de Lisle

Jean-François Millet · c. 1840/1841 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.42

A white dog spotted with caramel-brown and with long, floppy ears sits in a garden setting near a green park bench in this loosely painted vertical portrait. The dog leans slightly onto its right paw, to our left, and looks off to the right, its ears relaxed. A blue bird crouches near the ground in front of the dog’s feet. Painted with tones of peanut brown and earthy green, a bush and tree trunk fill the background to the right, and the back of the bench is to the left. The artist inscribed the bottom right with his initials, HTL, conjoined in a monogram and the dog’s name, “LA FLECHE.”
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Artist's Dog Flèche, c. 1881, oil on wood, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection, 1970.17.84

The Artist's Dog Flèche

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec · c. 1881 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  1970.17.84