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Landscape with a Hunter
| Date | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 80.5 x 120.5 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower left: G. Courbet. |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Standard ref. | Fernier 884 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1976-0004 |
This canvas was painted by Courbet in his hometown of Ornans immediately before his exile to Switzerland after his imprisonment for his activities with the Paris Commune. Paintings of hunters were one of Courbet's distinctive genres. Against a background of light struck cliffs, this tense scene of a hidden hunter watching two engaging deer is represented with fresh sensitivity and naturalism. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Auc. Mazaroz-Riballier, Paris, 1, 3.Dec. 1890, no. 314; Gaston Kahn, 1924; Galerie Nathan, Zürich; Purchased by the NMWA, 1977.
Exhibition History
- 1924
- Les peintres de l'eau, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, 0 1924 - 0 1924
- 1978
- European Landscape Painting, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, 3 November 1978 - 15 January 1979, cat. no. 66
- 1989
- The French Modern Painting, from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Miyakonojo City Museum, 15 April 1989 - 14 May 1989, cat. no. 2, col. repr.
- 1995
- Modern Japanese Art-Between the East and the West, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, 1 November 1995 - 30 November 1995, cat. no. 21, col. repr.
- 2013
- Monet, An Eye for Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings, Pola Museum of Art, 13 July 2013 - 24 November 2013, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 December 2013-9 March 2014, cat. no. 24, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1924
- Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne. February, 1924, p. 39, repr.
- 1978
- Fernier, Robert. La vie et l'œuvre de Gustave Courbet: catalogue raisonné. tome 2, Lausanne/Paris, Bibliothèque des Arts, 1978, p. 174, no. 884, repr.
- 1978
- Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 33, repr.
- 1979
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 11 (1976), 1979, Koshi, Koichi. New acquisitions 1976 (Painting). pp. 14-15, New acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 20-21, repr.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 75, repr.
- 1992
- The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p.11, cat. no. 1, col. repr
- 1995
- Modern Japanese Art: Between the East and the West (exh. cat.). National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed. [Nagasaki], Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, 1995, pp. 36, 138, 146, cat. no. 21, col. repr.
- 2013
- MONET, An Eye For Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings(exh. cat.). Tokyo, TBS, c2013, cat. no. 24, col. repr.
- 2018
- Richter / Courbet (exh. cat.). Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 1, col. repr.