Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli

M. Collier, Marseille
H.M. collects ion
Lorenceau collects ion, Paris
Henry Mauny, Marseille
Comtesse de Bellier, Marseille
Hôtel de Ville, Gémonos (November 1968)

André M. Alauzen and Pierre Ripert, Monticelli, sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris, 1969, pp. 61, 118, illustrated p. 84, fig. 115 (La Chasse), 116 (La Pêche)
Sauveur Stammégna, Catalogue des oeuvres de Monticelli, vol. I, Venice, 1981, pp. 206, no. 470 (La Chasse), no. 473 (La Pêche), illustrated

Dog: Lined; under UV: some dots of inpainting in sky, particularly in upper right corner, 3 inch diameter area of inpainting at center right edge, 6 inch horizontal line of inpainting to right of dog's head extending through the background, some spots of inpainting throughout foreground, 4 inch vertical line of inpainting at lower center edge, 4 inch diagonal line of inpainting through birds in the foreground. Fish: Lined; under UV: spots of inpainting in the background, particularly in upper register, and a few spots at lower right edge and lower left edge and along bottom for frame abrasion.
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These monumental works were commissioned for the grand salon of the home of M. Collier in the Bompard section of Marseille, where they were inserted between the room's three windows.  The compositions are remarkable for their painterly freedom in capturing the sight and sense of hunting and fishing excursions.  Viewed in such large (and rare) scale, it is easily appreciated how Monticelli's work inspired the Impressionists.  In particular Vincent van Gogh credited his move toward a brighter palette and expressive technique in part to viewing Monticelli's work in Paris in the 1880s.  

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