Pwt 04 2018 louis cabat

LOUIS CABAT WITHOUT FRIENDS, WITHOUT INTRIGUE, WITHOUT FORTUNE

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Weekly transmission 04-2018 presents: M. Cabat has arrived without friends, without intrigue, without fortune...

Weekly Drawing by éophile Bouchet: “Without friends, without fortune” Seven pencil and ink drawings, one ink wash landscape Six Louis Cabat cyanotype prints (unique) Previous transmissions can be found at:

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Louis (Nicolas) Cabat (1812-1893)

“Cabat, a French landscape painter, born at Paris Dec. 24, 1812; studied painting under M. Camille Flers (1802-1868), and visited the most picturesque parts of France. He first exhibited in the "salon" of 1833 some landscapes which the critics pronounced to be too realistic; but he persevered in this style of painting till 1837, and became the founder of a school. From that period till 1848 he only contributed twice to the annual exhibitions (in 1840 and 1841), but since 1848 he has been a regular contributor. M. Cabat was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1867, and unanimously chosen Director, in Nov., 1878, of the French School of Painting at Rome.” (Thompson Cooper, Men of the Time, 1884)

When director of the Villa, a young artist, Henri Lucien Doucet ( 1856-1895), sent a piece considered too bold (scene of Harem) which entailed the non-renewal of Cabat at the head of the Villa.

Cabat is considered a self-educated artist like his friend of early days, Charles Jacque. “Charles Jacque had first been introduced to these Old Masters early in his career (he was 17 years old in 1830) when Louis Cabat, then a young porcelain painter who lived next door to Jacque (passage Saint-Antoine), took him to the Bibliothèque Nationale where they looked at prints by or after the work of Poussin, Lorrain, Dürer, and Rembrandt.” (Rehs Gallery)

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N°04-2018. LOUIS CABAT

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Thursday 25 January 2018

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Let us stop in front of the landscape of Mr. Louis Cabat, conceived in a genre that astonishes our public unaccustomed to broad and severe parties. It is the view of a road that goes up to a city of Judea; on one side of the road, tall trees sprout vigorously; on the other, a terrain descends rapidly without any picturesque accident; in the foreground, two figures and above, a poor horse grazing a few blades of grass; that's the whole landscape; there is neither torrent nor rock; nothing is simpler, so nothing is more solemn; the execution is at the height of composltion, calm, perfectly suited to objects; there, no effect sought; it is nature thoroughly studied by the most poetic spirit, and transported on canvas by the most conscientious hand. One can not over praise the exquisite tone of the sky and the firmness of the grounds. We like to do full justice to M. Cabat, who, son of his works, has arrived without friends, without intrigue, without fortune, to place himself in the first rank among our best landscape painters. A child of the people, he was at the time of the July Revolution only a Goblin worker; today Belgian amateurs place his paintings between those of Hobemma and Ruysdael, and the one he sent us could be signed Nicolas Poussin.” (Revue du Lyonnais, 1841)

“Arrêtons-nous devant le paysage de M. Louis Cabat, conçu dans un genre qui étonne notre public peu habitué aux partis larges et sévères. C’est la vue d’un chemin qui monte vers une ville du Judée; d'un côté du chemin, de grands arbres s’élancent vigoureux ; de l'autre, un terrain descend en pente rapide sans aucun accident pittoresque ; sur le premier plan, deux figures et plus haut un pauvre cheval broutant quelques brins d’herbe; voilà tout le paysage; il n’y a ni torrent, ni rocher; rien n’est plus simple, aussi rien n'est plus solennel; l’exécution est à la hauteur de la composltion, calme, parfaitement approprié aux objets; là, point d’effet cherché ; c’est la nature étudiée à fond par l’esprit le plus poétique, et transportée sur la toile par la main la plus consciencieuse. On ne saurait trop louer l’exqulse flnessoe de ton du ciel et la fermeté des terrains. Nous nous plaisons à rendre entière justice à M. Cabat, qui, fils de ses œuvres, est parvenu sans amis, sans intrigue, sans fortune, à se placer au premier rang parmi nos meilleurs paysagistes. Enfant du peuple, il n'était, à l'époque de la révolution de juillet, qu’un ouvrier des Gobelins ; aujourd'hui les amateurs belges placent ses tableaux entre ceux d’Hobemma et de Ruysdaèl, et celui qu’il nous a envoyé pourrait être signé Nicolas Poussin.”

(Revue du Lyonnais, 1841)

Théophile Bouchet. “Without friends, without fortune, hommage à Louis Cabat”

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Étudiant romain, 1830s

Pencil and ink drawing, 230x300 mm, atelier stamp.

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300 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Hercule barbare, 1830s

Ink drawing, 245x155 mm, atelier stamp.

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300 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Pessimiste, 1830s

Pencil on tinted paper, 280x340 mm, some white additions, atelier stamp.

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500 euros

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Ink , 220x290 mm.

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Les DamnĂŠs, 1830s

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1200 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Potamoi, 1830s

Pencil and ink , 220x270 mm.

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200 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Le Chevrier, 1830s

Small pencil and ink wash, 120x180 mm, atelier stamp.

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150 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

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Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Etude de paysage avec nuages, c. 1840

Large ink wash, 120x180 mm, signed.

1500 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Etretat, 1880s

Pencil, 150x100 mm, atelier stamp.

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150 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). PavĂŠ de Chailly, c. 1890

Cyanotype, 80x108 mm.

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400 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Quais de Paris, c. 1890

Cyanotype, 108x80 mm.

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200 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Omnibus parisien, c.1890

Cyanotype, 108x80 mm.

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200 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

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Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Château de Chillon, Lac Léman, c.1890

Cyanotype, 108x80 mm.

300 euros

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Cyanotype, 108x80 mm.

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Les Alpes

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150 euros

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Thursday 25 January 2018

Louis Cabat (1812-1893). Parc de Versailles, c. 1890

Cyanotype, 108x80 mm.

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150 euros

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