French oil sketches and the academic tradition
By: introduction by Peter Walch ; commentaries by Joanna R. Barnes and J. Patrice Marandel with the assistance of  Donna Gustafson, Alastair Laing, and Alain Latreille.
Contributors: Barnes, Joanna.; Marandel, J. Patrice.; Mint Museum (Charlotte, N.C.)
Publisher: American Federation of Arts in association with the University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Oil sketches -- Exhibitions.; Painting, French -- 17th century -- Exhibitions.; Painting, French -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.; Painting, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.; Artists' preparatory studies -- France -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "The Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, founded in Paris in 1648 as an alternative to the old guild system, was the center for art instruction through the end of the nineteenth century, and the most skilled practitioners of oil painting - and the majority of artists included in the catalogue - belonged to the Academie. Membership in the Academie provided artists with the only opportunity to exhibit their work and was, therefore, crucial for professional success. Because the oil sketch played an important role in the planning and execution of finished works, these artists were well-versed in the practice of oil sketching." "This catalogue explores the diversity and evolution of the oil sketch within the French academic tradition, with detailed discussions of 127 works, all of which are drawn from a private collection currently on loan to the University Art Museum of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Among the artists whose works are included are Francois Boucher, Henri Fantin-Latour, Jean-Baptiste Hilaire, Adelaide Labille-Guiard, Jean-Baptiste Leprince, Jacques Sablet, and Simon Vouet."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-22) and index.
"Selections from a private collection on loan to the University Art Museum of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque."
Exhibition tour, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 14-December 11, 1994 and others.