Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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30.1 Euro Portraits, Men
Johnson went to Europe in 1849 to learn techniques for creating figure paintings in oil. However, he had been a professional portrait draughtsman in Boston and Washington, D.C. for at least five years before that. In those early drawings he had a keen sense of creating heads using light tones and shadowed areas to create a strong three-dimensional effect. Studying the works of Rembrandt at The Hague inspired him to use the same techniques for his oil portraits. —PH
Hills no. 30.1.1
Benjamin Pollieux de Mudisen
Alternate titles: B. Pellieux; Benjamin Pollieux de Mudisen, a Distinguished French Refugee at The Hague
c.1851–55
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Oil
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Provenance
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, as Benjamin Pollieux de Mudisen, a Distinguished French Refugee at The Hague, 1851.
References
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 12, addendum “Paintings by Eastman Johnson," as B. Pellieux.
Keywords
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Record last updated March 30, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Benjamin Pollieux de Mudisen, c.1851–55 (Hills no. 30.1.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=613 (accessed on April 25, 2024).