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Place Pigalle in Paris, ca. 1898

  • Conté crayon, paper
  • 131 x 199 mm
  • Inv. 1968-AE-9

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The two drawings of the Moulin Rouge and Place Pigalle (inv. 1968-AE-8 & -9) are preliminary studies for the background of the famous painting Spaniard in Paris in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts. Numerous drawings by Evenepoel have been preserved. Not only does his entire oeuvre express a great preference for a purely linear style, but his training in architectural drawing and decoration made him a particularly gifted draughtsman. It is striking, however, that with the exception of a few pen and pastel drawings, he made few fully elaborated drawings. For Evenepoel, painting was the medium par excellence and drawings were generally preparatory studies. Evenepoel's great simplicity of technique and composition is characteristic. He remained true to the adage of his teacher Gustave Moreau that the simplicity of drawing is the basis of every truly great style. These two drawings also show these characteristic elements. Both drawings are very fluent and made with a self-confident hand. Although both have colour indications that presumably refer to the painting by The Spaniard in Paris, the drawings seem to have been painted from life and reflect the mundane Paris of the end of the nineteenth century in a simple manner. It is interesting to compare the drawing of the Moulin Rouge with an oil sketch of the same subject in the museum's collection. The sharp, precise lines have given way to broad, more nervous and expressive strokes.

Artist

Henri Evenepoel RKD VIAF Wikidata
Nice 1872 - Paris 1899
draftsmen (artists)AAT

Title Place Pigalle in Paris
Date ca. 1898
Period 19th century
Location Paris TGN
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings top centre: lettres blanches
at the left: verdâtre / [...] / rougeâtre
studio stamp on the reverse: .h.e
number on the reverse: n°578
collector's stamp reverse, upper left: PROVENANT / DE LA COLLECTION: / C. De Mey
auction stamp on the reverse, right in the middle: H. EVENEPOEL ANTWERPEN CAMPO. VEILING. VENT. 1968.
Collection print room
Object type pencil drawings AAT
Inventory number 1968-AE-9
Acquisition credit purchase
Galerie Campo
Antwerp
1968
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1968-AE-9
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2931/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
25I144 square, place, circus, etc. Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41A144 flat-building, apartment house Iconclass
41A253 sun-porch, sun-parlour, glazed verandah Iconclass
41B214 chimney Iconclass
46B13 shop, store Iconclass
46B132 shop-window, show-window Iconclass
46B35 advertising Iconclass
48C524 drawing, sketch Iconclass
49L8 inscription Iconclass
61E(PARIS) names of cities and villages (PARIS) Iconclass
61F(BOULEVARD DE CLICHY) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (BOULEVARD DE CLICHY) Iconclass
61F(PLACE PIGALLE) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PLACE PIGALLE) Iconclass
School / Style Impressionist (style) AAT
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Tekeningen, pastels en aquarellen; Inventaris / Moniek Nagels. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 1988 (p. 18)
onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 196, cat. 219 (ill.))
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