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44.1 Euro Portrait Drawings, Men
After Johnson arrived in Düsseldorf in late 1849 his earliest portrait drawings were graphite sketches of his instructors and artist friends. He continued to make drawings when he moved to The Hague in 1851. As he began to receive commissions, Johnson used charcoal and worked much in the style of the late 1840s drawings he had done in the United States. It is likely that he may have done many more sketches, but those that have been located, of his friends and teachers, were ones he selected to bring back to the U.S.; the commissioned portrait drawings of Europeans generally stayed in Europe. —PH
Hills no. 44.1.11
Baur no. 326
Langhamer
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston title: Portrait of Langhamer
1849, November
Locale: Düsseldorf, Germany
Crayon and charcoal on light brown paper
23 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (60.3 x 47.6 cm)
Signed, dated, and inscribed lower right in crayon: E. Johnson/Dusseldorf./Nov. 1849.; lower center: Langhamer
Description / Remarks
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, 1800–1875, Vol. 1, p. 204: "Head to left, short beard, moustache and bushy hair."
Provenance
Likely Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906
Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, until 1939 (likely by purchase from Mrs. Johnson in 1915)
Estate of Albert Rosenthal, with Albert Duveen, New York, by 1940
Albert Duveen, New York, and M. Knoedler & Co., New York, February 8, 1946
Maxim Karolik, Newport, Rhode Island
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, December 14, 1950 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1920 Kennedy Galleries
Kennedy Galleries, New York, Charcoal Drawings of Eminent Americans by Eastman Johnson, June 1920. (Exhibition catalogue: Kennedy Galleries 1920), no. 25, as Langhamer.1939 Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906, January 18, 1939–February 26, 1940. (Exhibition catalogue: Baur 1940), no. 326, as Langhamer.1946 M. Knoedler & Co.
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson, January 7–26, 1946. (Exhibition catalogue: M. Knoedler & Co. 1946), no. 25, as Langhamer. Traveled to: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 1946 (California Palace 1946).1972 Whitney Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition, March 28–May 14, 1972. (Exhibition catalogue: Hills 1972a), no. 6, b/w illus., p. 12, as Langhamer. Traveled to: The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, June 7–July 22, 1972; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, August 15–September 30, 1972; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, October 20–December 3, 1972.References
Kennedy Galleries 1920
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 7, no. 25, as Langhamer.Baur 1940
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), pp. 32, 75, no. 326, as Langhamer.MFA Boston 1962
M. & M. Karolik Collection of American Water Colors & Drawings, 1800–1875. Vol. 1. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1962. Exhibition catalogue, p. 204, no. 409, fig. 104, illus., as Portrait of Langhamer.Hills 1972a
Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972. Exhibition catalogue (1972 Whitney Museum), p. 12, no. 6, illus.Hills 1977
Hills, Patricia. The Genre Paintings of Eastman Johnson: The Sources and Development of His Style and Themes. New York: Garland Publishing, 1977, p. 194, fig. 8, illus., as Langhamer.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): Unknown; March 7, 2018
Examination notes: 1st exam date, unknown: Charcoal touches and then smooth. Eyes have a clarity. Seen as masses.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Langhamer
Biography:
Langhamer. Possibly Johann Langhammer, painter (b. 1810, Bohemia).
Record last updated May 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Langhamer, 1849, November (Hills no. 44.1.11)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1010 (accessed on May 6, 2024).