Philippe Jolyet
(1832 - 1908)
La Boite aux Lettres
Signed and dated, lower right: Ph. Jolyet/1904
Oil on canvas
56 x 27½ in – 142.2 x 70 cm
Frame size
64¼ x 35¾ in – 163.2 x 90.8 cm
Oil on canvas
56 x 27½ in – 142.2 x 70 cm
Frame size
64¼ x 35¾ in – 163.2 x 90.8 cm
Height 4¹/₄ in (163.2 cm)
width 11³/₄ in (90.8 cm)
width 11³/₄ in (90.8 cm)
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Provenance
Private collection, USA;
MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London, 1999;
Private collection, UK
MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London, 1999;
Private collection, UK
Exhibition
Paris, Salon des Artistes Français de 1904, no.973
Biography
A genre and portrait painter, Philippe Jolyet liked to paint often on a grand scale. He entered the l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts on 6th April 1854 and became a pupil of the formidable historical and portrait painter Léon Cogniet (1794-1880), a man who amongst his many attributes was responsible for the decor in Versailles and the Louvre.
He debuted at the Paris Salon of 1863, exhibiting regularly there over many years, and he received an honourable mention in 1885 and a bronze medal in 1889 at the Exposition Universelle. He painted a number of theatrical scenes of monks and portraits of girls, often confidently painted in a ‘soft’ style very similar to that of Camille-Jean-Baptiste Corot (1796-1875).
His works can be found in museums: Bayonne; Chalon-Sur-Saone; Dijon; Paris, Louvre Galerie Roussel; Rouen and Tournus.
He debuted at the Paris Salon of 1863, exhibiting regularly there over many years, and he received an honourable mention in 1885 and a bronze medal in 1889 at the Exposition Universelle. He painted a number of theatrical scenes of monks and portraits of girls, often confidently painted in a ‘soft’ style very similar to that of Camille-Jean-Baptiste Corot (1796-1875).
His works can be found in museums: Bayonne; Chalon-Sur-Saone; Dijon; Paris, Louvre Galerie Roussel; Rouen and Tournus.
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