⊠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
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Hills no. 44.1.1
Baur no. 294
Andreas Achenbach
1851, June
Pencil on paper
7 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (19 x 21 cm)
Initialed right center, to right of neck: E. J.; inscribed and dated center-to-lower right: Andreas Achenbach/ Düsseldorf/June 1851
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Boston
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Provenance
Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Boston, 1970 (by purchase)
Exhibitions
Kennedy Galleries, New York, Charcoal Drawings of Eminent Americans by Eastman Johnson, June 1920. (Exhibition catalogue: Kennedy Galleries 1920), no. 1, as
Andreas Achenbach.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition, March 28–May 14, 1972. (Exhibition catalogue: Hills 1972a), no. 8, b/w illus., p. 14, as
Andreas Achenbach. 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.
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, The Hudson and the Rhine, April 4–May 16, 1976, no. 63, illus.
Traveled to: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, May 20–June 20, 1976.
References
Walton, William. "Eastman Johnson, Painter." Scribner's Magazine (September 1906), p. 266
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Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York:
Kennedy Galleries,
1920.
Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 4, no. 1, as
Andreas Achenbach.
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), p. 73, no. 294, as
Andreas Achenbach.
American Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors, Part Two. New York:
Kennedy Galleries,
1968, no. 23, illus.
Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition. New York:
Clarkson N. Potter,
1972.
Exhibition catalogue (1972 Whitney Museum), p. 14, no. 8, illus., as
Andreas Achenbach.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): November 2, 1970
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Achenbach, Andreas
Biography: Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910). German landscape painter; instructor at the Royal Academy of Düsseldorf at the time that Johnson was staying there. Brother of landscape painter Oswald Achenbach.
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Record last updated March 23, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Andreas Achenbach, 1851, June (Hills no. 44.1.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=999 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
