Le Matin aux Fontaines
Signed lower left: Monticelli
Provenance:
Mrs. Harold F. Wendel, Portland, OR
Thence by descent to current owner, Private Collection, San José, CA
Adolphe Monticelli arrived in Paris from his native Provence in 1846 and became a pupil of Paul Delaroche. Still, the master who was to have the greatest influence over the young Monticelli was N. V. Diaz de la Peña, whom he met when he returned to Paris from 1855 to 1856. Monticelli?s visits to Paris exposed him to the Rococo Revival, which was being popularized by artists including Diaz, and he started producing scenes of courtly figures in garden settings à la Watteau. This became a favorite subject, and from the 1860s until the end of his career Monticelli treated numerous variations on the theme.
The Prussian siege of Paris in 1870 forced Monticelli to return to Marseilles. His final sixteen years were his most productive. The vibrant colors and thick, impastic surfaces of his late works struck a responsive chord in the young Vincent Van Gogh, who collected Monticelli?s paintings and expressed his indebtedness to the older artist?s work.
Selected Museum Collections:
High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen; musée national du château de Compiègne; Musée national Magnin, Dijon; National Gallery, London; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon; Musée Cantini and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Musée du Louvre, Musée d?Orsay and Musée national Jean Jacques Henner, Paris; Musée Alfred Danicourt, Péronne; Musée des Beaux-Arts de RouenMusée d?art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg;
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The Clark has an exhibition of British & French landscapes, including #Barbizon painters #Rousseau, #Dupré, and #Troyon. http://t.co/JEEym3mJuly 27, 2011 @ 2:40 PM UTC
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Now in Glasgow: #Millet #Barbizon Pastel of "The Angelus" Allocated to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: http://t.co/soF2LMA via @AddThisAugust 1, 2011 @ 3:35 PM UTC
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See the great-grandfather of French landscape painting @AshmoleanMuseum: http://t.co/3KFFPXqu #Barbizon #exhibitionsOctober 6, 2011 @ 3:00 PM UTC
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National Gallery of Art to reopen 19th-century French galleries in January: http://t.co/2HcCfSuF #Academic #PostImpressionist #BarbizonOctober 20, 2011 @ 9:17 PM UTC
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Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay on view in Asia: http://t.co/xNhXdBgT #Realism #Barbizon #Academic #Impressionism #exhibitionsNovember 1, 2011 @ 3:38 PM UTC
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Take a photo tour of @MuseeOrsay new Impressionist galleries: http://t.co/gmVlnx5n @artinfodotcom #Academic #Impressionism #BarbizonNovember 3, 2011 @ 4:34 PM UTC
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Städel Museum to open Claude #Lorraine exhibition in February 2012: http://t.co/rA5Z1eTr via @AddThis #exhibitionsIwishIcouldsee #BarbizonDecember 12, 2011 @ 10:53 PM UTC
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When you visit the new 19th-century galleries @ngadc don't miss this #Rousseau http://t.co/Qgr6EWp5 and http://t.co/awPyBEDl #BarbizonJanuary 30, 2012 @ 10:42 PM UTC
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http://t.co/xkAzAOwi - Would #Renoir be the same had he not met #DiazdelaPena in #Barbizon in 1862 and come under his influence?February 7, 2012 @ 10:14 PM UTC
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Google expands Art Project to 150+ #museums http://t.co/SFjJl9UI Here is an early #Corot @philamuseum http://t.co/M6AuUwof #BarbizonApril 10, 2012 @ 2:50 PM UTC
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Paradises & Landscapes in the Thyssen Coll. opens in Málaga: http://t.co/bS54sQ4n #Barbizon #PostImpressionist #Impressionism #exhibitionsApril 10, 2012 @ 3:09 PM UTC
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Happy Birthday Jules #Dupre April 15, 1811 (same day as Theordore #Rousseau!) http://t.co/Vq4MBTrD #BarbizonApril 13, 2012 @ 9:23 PM UTC
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Baroness Carmen Thyssen Bornemisza to sell "The Lock" by John #Constable at Christie's: http://t.co/qdMksw47 #Academic #BarbizonMay 30, 2012 @ 7:40 PM UTC
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Shame that this is leaving the @museothyssen - Protest in Spain at sale of #Constable 's 'The Lock' http://t.co/xFY0yAKn #museums #BarbizonJuly 2, 2012 @ 4:03 PM UTC
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#Courbet 's Majestic Oak Painting Returns to Its Roots After Hometown Museum's $5-Million Purchase http://t.co/y2JTiZXo #Barbizon #RealismSeptember 7, 2012 @ 3:07 PM UTC
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Musee d'Orsay opens major show of 19th-cty paintings at new Shanghai museum http://t.co/DE9KXjtE #Barbizon #Naturalism #CourbetNovember 19, 2012 @ 10:19 PM UTC
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French #Romantic, #Realist, #Barbizon and #Impressionist drawings on view at National Gallery of Art, Washington http://t.co/lxq8IPwUJanuary 28, 2013 @ 11:44 PM UTC
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#Courbet 's Modernity - lecture by Jack Flam at the NY Studio School tomorrow! http://t.co/OPWboSvmWK #Barbizon #RealismMarch 12, 2013 @ 3:27 PM UTC
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Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris opens exhibition devoted to Eugène #Boudin http://t.co/FUAqaF7MGn #Barbizon #exhibitionsIwishIcouldseeMarch 21, 2013 @ 2:55 PM UTC
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Tim Marlow on TEFAF's Treasures on Sotheby's Blog includes #Constable #Delacroix #Gericault http://t.co/Z82FXz1Lul #Barbizon #RomanticismMarch 22, 2013 @ 9:14 PM UTC
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Happy belated bday Theodore #Rousseau http://t.co/7UrhiBahm6 and Jules #Dupre http://t.co/ATFe97j3cs. Apr 15 -a great day for #Barbizon artApril 16, 2013 @ 4:05 PM UTC
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Now at Schiller & Bodo : MASTERWORKS OF THE BARBIZON SCHOOL, on view through November 27 http://t.co/pgDhaUAscc #Barbizon #exhibitionsNovember 5, 2013 @ 4:10 PM UTC
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And Happy Birthday Jules #Dupre - April 15, 1811 - a great day for #Barbizon School painters! http://t.co/62PKvhJpN8April 15, 2014 @ 7:03 PM UTC
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Take a look at this #Diaz from the 1904 #WorldsFair at the @kemperartmuseum in St. Louis. http://t.co/n2h0vSI9Fw #BarbizonMay 1, 2014 @ 3:35 PM UTC
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Here is our current #exhibition catalogue: A Romantic Vision, The #Barbizon School and its Contemporaries http://t.co/iemkJ4fmdGMay 5, 2015 @ 5:16 PM UTC
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300 years of French landscape painting at the Toledo Museum of Art, including #Rousseau #Courbet #Daubigny http://t.co/j21mPIWRc4 #BarbizonAugust 11, 2015 @ 2:52 PM UTC
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#Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape is open now at the Taft Museum of Art- https://t.co/8BlaBpUD0P #Barbizon #ImpressionismMarch 10, 2016 @ 5:50 PM UTC
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Rediscovering #Daubigny , an Unsung Influence on the Impressionists https://t.co/nPa7zTFG4d #Impressionism #BarbizonMarch 15, 2016 @ 3:01 PM UTC
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Happy Birthday Théodore #Rousseau , born April 15, 1812 : https://t.co/lJZexdfYUU #Barbizon #artistbirthdaysApril 15, 2016 @ 7:09 PM UTC
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Opening Monday- Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Théodore #Rousseau @ the Getty https://t.co/L9tATSW4sX #Barbizon #exhibitionsIwishIcouldseeJune 17, 2016 @ 8:23 PM UTC
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Théodore #Rousseau Gets His Due at the Getty Museum https://t.co/MLe45ku6oS #Barbizon #exhibitionsIwishiIcouldseeJuly 15, 2016 @ 7:30 PM UTC
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Opening at the @vangoghmuseum : #VanGogh #Rousseau #Corot: In the Forest : https://t.co/NSNvTW3bV5 #Barbizon #exhibitionsIwhiIcouldseeJuly 13, 2017 @ 9:49 PM UTC
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Happy Birthday to Jean Francois #Millet, one of the original great #Barbizon painters, whose work has moved its aud… https://t.co/w7kqh3CTZZOctober 4, 2018 @ 5:43 PM UTC