Vintage on the banks of the Arve near Geneva
Oil Painting
1857 (painted)
1857 (painted)
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Paul Edouard Rischgitz (1828-1909) was born in Geneva. He became a pupil of Corot in France and subsequently spent four years working for the Minton porcelain factory. He settled in London in 1870 and was engaged as a tutor to the royal family.
Rischgitz was essentially a landscape painter in the tradition inaugurated by Corot and the Realist movement in France. It depicts a group of people harvesting grapes in a sunny day. This painting is a fine example of his oeuvre characterised by a free brushwork, warm palette and subtle light effects. This type of painting was particularly popular in the second half of the 19th century.
Rischgitz was essentially a landscape painter in the tradition inaugurated by Corot and the Realist movement in France. It depicts a group of people harvesting grapes in a sunny day. This painting is a fine example of his oeuvre characterised by a free brushwork, warm palette and subtle light effects. This type of painting was particularly popular in the second half of the 19th century.
Object details
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Title | Vintage on the banks of the Arve near Geneva |
Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
Brief description | Oil painting, 'Vintage on the Banks of the Arves near Geneva', Paul Edouard Rischgitz, Swiss school, 1857 |
Physical description | A group of people harvesting grapes in a vineyard with a house surrounded by trees in the mid distance. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'E. Rischgitz 1857' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend |
Object history | Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend, listed in the 1868 post-mortem register of the contents of his villa in Lausanne (V&A R/F MA/1/T1181) as 'Oil on Canvas. Vintage on the banks of the Arves, near Geneva. By Edward Rischgitz. In frame. Signed. Swiss. Dated 1857'; bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend, 1868. Historical significance: This painting was bequeathed by the Rev. Townshend who owned a large collection of 19th-century landscape paintings. It is not unlikely that Townshend, who resided part of the year in Lausanne, acquired this painting directly from the artist. |
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Summary | Paul Edouard Rischgitz (1828-1909) was born in Geneva. He became a pupil of Corot in France and subsequently spent four years working for the Minton porcelain factory. He settled in London in 1870 and was engaged as a tutor to the royal family. Rischgitz was essentially a landscape painter in the tradition inaugurated by Corot and the Realist movement in France. It depicts a group of people harvesting grapes in a sunny day. This painting is a fine example of his oeuvre characterised by a free brushwork, warm palette and subtle light effects. This type of painting was particularly popular in the second half of the 19th century. |
Bibliographic reference | Kauffmann, C.M. Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, II. 1800-1900 , London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, pp. 85-86, cat. no. 186. |
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Accession number | 1583-1869 |
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Record created | April 23, 2007 |
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