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JEAN-BAPTISTE OLIVE (1848-1936)
Rocks (Côte d'Azur) or Falling rocks at Saint-Cyr
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Titled on an old label on the back
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on an old label on the reverse
73 x 92 cm - 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.
Provenance
- Private collection, France
- Acquired from the latter
Bibliography
- Jean-Claude and Gérard Gamet, J.-B. Olive, Sa vie, son oeuvre, Marseille: Éditions Frébert, 1977, no. 246, p. 187 and no. 271, p. 196 (variants in various formats titled Rochers au crépuscule and Côte rocheuse au couchant)
- Franck Baille and Magali Raynaud, Jean-Baptiste Olive, Prisme de lumière, Marseille: Édition Association Regards de Provence, 2008, no. 806 to 808, p. 222 (variants in various formats entitled Chute [and Chutes] de rochers à Saint-Cyr)
Related works
- Jean-Baptiste Olive (1848-1926), Rochers (Côte d'Azur), 1914, in. Salon des Artistes français, Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, 1914, no. 1525
- Jean-Baptiste Olive (1848-1926), Environs de Saint-Cyr, 1914, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 111 x 158 cm, Athens, National Gallery, Alexandros Soutsos Museum
Note
"I'm preparing my painting for the Salon, its format is 100 x 200 (this is necessary because otherwise it gets lost in the picture rail) [...]". These words, addressed by Jean-Baptiste Olive to his friend Decanis, describe the painter's "format" strategy to ensure sufficient visibility for his paintings on the walls of the Salon, a guarantee of both public and private commissions. Given its generous size, it's tempting to think that Environs de Saint-Cyr, preserved in the National Gallery in Athens, is the painting that appeared in the 1914 Salon des Artistes français under the title Rochers (Côte d'Azur). Our work, which borrows this title from an old label affixed to the stretcher, would therefore be a reduced replica, as Jean-Baptiste Olive used to produce them to satisfy the desires of collectors who appreciated these large formats but lacked the means to acquire them.
Rocks (Côte d'Azur) or Falling rocks at Saint-Cyr
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Titled on an old label on the back
Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled on an old label on the reverse
73 x 92 cm - 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in.
Provenance
- Private collection, France
- Acquired from the latter
Bibliography
- Jean-Claude and Gérard Gamet, J.-B. Olive, Sa vie, son oeuvre, Marseille: Éditions Frébert, 1977, no. 246, p. 187 and no. 271, p. 196 (variants in various formats titled Rochers au crépuscule and Côte rocheuse au couchant)
- Franck Baille and Magali Raynaud, Jean-Baptiste Olive, Prisme de lumière, Marseille: Édition Association Regards de Provence, 2008, no. 806 to 808, p. 222 (variants in various formats entitled Chute [and Chutes] de rochers à Saint-Cyr)
Related works
- Jean-Baptiste Olive (1848-1926), Rochers (Côte d'Azur), 1914, in. Salon des Artistes français, Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, 1914, no. 1525
- Jean-Baptiste Olive (1848-1926), Environs de Saint-Cyr, 1914, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 111 x 158 cm, Athens, National Gallery, Alexandros Soutsos Museum
Note
"I'm preparing my painting for the Salon, its format is 100 x 200 (this is necessary because otherwise it gets lost in the picture rail) [...]". These words, addressed by Jean-Baptiste Olive to his friend Decanis, describe the painter's "format" strategy to ensure sufficient visibility for his paintings on the walls of the Salon, a guarantee of both public and private commissions. Given its generous size, it's tempting to think that Environs de Saint-Cyr, preserved in the National Gallery in Athens, is the painting that appeared in the 1914 Salon des Artistes français under the title Rochers (Côte d'Azur). Our work, which borrows this title from an old label affixed to the stretcher, would therefore be a reduced replica, as Jean-Baptiste Olive used to produce them to satisfy the desires of collectors who appreciated these large formats but lacked the means to acquire them.