Detail View: The AMICA Library: Un atelier de soir
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1980.292
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Vibert, Jehan Georges
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Creator Nationality:
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European; French
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1840 - 1902
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Jehan-Georges Vibert
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Title:
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A Night Class
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Title Type:
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Primary
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Title:
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Un atelier de soir
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Title Type:
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Foreign
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1881
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Creation Start Date:
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1881
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Creation End Date:
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1881
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 60.8cm x 45.4cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1980.292
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
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Inscriptions:
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Signed lower right: "J. G. Vibert"
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Rights:
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Context:
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The artist himself described his painting of a night class: "Under smoldering electric lights, a model in historical costume poses for eager, ambitious art students. A few of them might have real talent, some could become commercial artists, but most, unfortunately, have no future in art at all."Although trained in a conservative academic style, Vibert here pokes fun at his own artistic tradition. Vibert was fond of caricaturing the pretentious elements of 19th-century French society. The work was shown at the 1881 Salon exhibition.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1980.292.tif
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