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Suburban Landscape
Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876–1958)
1905
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.3 x 73 cm (23 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift and Bequest of David and Peggy Rockefeller
Accession Number1991.426
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
With exuberant, breathlessly applied color, Vlaminck transformed this view of an ordinary street in the Parisian suburbs into a kind of manifesto for the Fauves. An avant-garde group whose name literally means “wild beasts,” the Fauves embraced bold colors and brushstrokes. A conservative critic coined the name, deeming their paintings uncivilized.
While startling to critics, Vlaminck was inspired by Van Gogh’s use of color use of color. He combined this with an Impressionist subject (a suburban street) to create an innovative new vision.
While startling to critics, Vlaminck was inspired by Van Gogh’s use of color use of color. He combined this with an Impressionist subject (a suburban street) to create an innovative new vision.
ProvenanceAmbroise Vollard (dealer; b. 1867 - d. 1939), Paris (stock no. 4674) [see note 1]. 1939, with Wildenstein and Co., London [see note 2]. About 1949, Galerie de l’Elysée, Paris [see note 3]. 1950, Wildenstein and Co., Paris and London; June 13, 1950, sold by Wildenstein to J. Schöni, Zurich. By 1952, Maurice Culberg (b. 1905 – d. 1953) and Ruth Culberg (b. 1906 – d. 1980), Chicago; February 27, 1962, sold by Ruth Culberg to M. Knoedler and Co., New York (stock no. A8207); April 17, 1962, sold by Knoedler to David Rockefeller, New York [see note 4]; 1991, fractional gift of David Rockefeller to the MFA; 2017, accessioned fully with the fractional gift and bequest of David and Peggy Rockefeller to the MFA. (Accession Dates: May 22, 1991 and June 21, 2017)
NOTES:
[1] According to Pascale Krausz, Françoise Marnoni, and Annie Champié, Vlaminck: catalogue critique des peintures et céramiques de la période fauve (Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 2008), p. 114, cat. no. 37. [2] Included in the “Exhibition of Two contrasting Periods in the work of Vlaminck,” Wildenstein, London, June 1939, cat. no. 11 (as "Nanterre"). [3] Information about the provenance of the painting between 1949 and 1950 is taken from the catalogue raisonné by P. Krausz et al. (as above, n. 1). [4] Getty Provenance Index, M. Knoedler and Co. Records, PI Record No. K-36379 (stock book 11, no. 8207, p. 136).
NOTES:
[1] According to Pascale Krausz, Françoise Marnoni, and Annie Champié, Vlaminck: catalogue critique des peintures et céramiques de la période fauve (Paris: Wildenstein Institute, 2008), p. 114, cat. no. 37. [2] Included in the “Exhibition of Two contrasting Periods in the work of Vlaminck,” Wildenstein, London, June 1939, cat. no. 11 (as "Nanterre"). [3] Information about the provenance of the painting between 1949 and 1950 is taken from the catalogue raisonné by P. Krausz et al. (as above, n. 1). [4] Getty Provenance Index, M. Knoedler and Co. Records, PI Record No. K-36379 (stock book 11, no. 8207, p. 136).
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