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Alexandre DefauxAlexandre Defaux (1826-1900) A Cottage yard, signed oil on panelcirca 1860
circa 1860
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Alexandre Defaux (1826-1900)
A cottage yard
oil on wood panel
27 x 35.5
Signed lower right
In good condition
Vintage frame : 47.5 x 56 cm (some minor damages, see photographs please)
Alexandre Defaux was born in Bercy , then a town on the outskirts of Paris.
Mainly known for his oil paintings, Defaux also practices pastel and watercolor. He is a figure of the second generation of painters of the School of Barbizon in the line of Jean-Baptiste Corot - of whom he was a pupil - and Jean-François Millet.
His first landscapes reflect Corot's influence with large urban panoramic views and figures in Neapolitan peasant costume. He is known for his paintings of sunny farmyards filled with quarreling hens or geese. He painted almost exclusively in the region of Barbizon or in Normandy .
While much of his work conforms to Barbizon's repertoire of subjects (scenes of agricultural life, domestic animals, undergrowth), Defaux also painted more modern subjects such as scenes of Parisians boating or picnickers in the midst of flocks of sheep.
During the 1850s, Defaux painted a number of views of quaint towns in Normandy and large medieval churches, images very popular with both French and foreign tourists. He sent views of quarries around Montmartre and of the undergrowth of the Fontainebleau region to the Salon of 1859. Working on a wide range of motifs, he also adopted stronger color combinations and more pictorial techniques that suggest influences extending to other Barbizon artists such as Théodore Rousseau or Narcisse Díaz de la Peña .
Defaux exhibited regularly at the Salon until 1897. He was praised by critics for his skill in handling painters' tools: brush or knife. His Forest of Fontainebleau presented out of competition at the Salon of 1879 was acquired by the French State, as well as his large canvas of the Breton cliffs and the port of Pont-Aven, acquired in 1880.
The late 1870s and 1880s seem to have been a period of success for Defaux, with good reviews during the decade of the 1880s. Defaux's work was particularly appreciated for his ability to combine strong pictorial techniques with pleasing and pleasing subjects. a passion for the French countryside. A gold medal was awarded to him at the Universal Exhibition of 1900 .
Alexandre Defaux received the insignia of knight of the Legion of Honor in 1881.
His works are kept in numerous french museums :
Bourg-en-Bresse, musée de Brou : Cour de ferme avec poules et coqs ou Ferme avec poules et coqs
Brest musée des Beaux-Arts : Cour de ferme
Caen, musée des Beaux-Arts : Lisière de la forêt de Sénart
Fécamp, musée des Pêcheries : La Falaise, Les Canards, Coq et poules, Pommier en fleurs, Basse-cour, L'Étang
Grenoble, musée de Grenoble : Paysage, cour de ferme
Rennes, musée des Beaux-Arts : Arbres en fleurs à Montigny-sur-Loing , Cour de ferme , vue prise à Château-Landon=
Rouen, musée des Beaux-Arts : Le Plateau de Bellecroix (forêt de Fontainebleau), 1876, Les Bords de la Loire après les grandes eaux, 1873
Saint-Brieuc, musée d'Art et d'Histoire : Gros temps à Bourg-de-Batz, 1877
Vendôme, musée de Vendôme : Étude des bords du Loing
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- CreatorAlexandre Defaux (1826 - 1900)
- Creation Yearcirca 1860
- DimensionsHeight: 10.63 in. (27 cm)Width: 13.98 in. (35.5 cm)
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- Gallery LocationParis, FR
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