Jean-Baptiste Fauvelet
Jean-Baptiste Fauvelet was born in Bordeaux on June 9th, 1819 and died March
14th 1883. He was a painter and a lithographer.
Fauvelet studied painting under Pierre Lacour1 and then under Meissonier. He was a professor of art the collège de Chartres.
Fauvelet first exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1845 and nearly every year thereafter until 1870. He received 2nd class medal at the Salon of 1848.
Jeune homme lisant
Exhibited at the Salon of 1845
Portrait de M. E… P…
Exhibited at the Salon of 1845
Un Charmante Conversation
Exhibited at the Salon of 1846. Sold December 12, 1987 by De Vuyst Lokeren.
Nature morte
Exhibited at the Salon of 1846
Le concert
Exhibited at the Salon of 1847
Les deux roses
Exhibited at the Salon of 1847
Nature morte
Exhibited at the Salon of 1847
Nonchalance
Exhibited at the Salon of 1848
Promenade au bois
Exhibited at the Salon of 1848
Fleurs et chardons
Exhibited at the Salon of 1848
Nature morte
Exhibited at the Salon of 1848
Portrait de M. M…
Exhibited at the Salon of 1848
La visite
Exhibited at the Salon of 1849
Ascanio
The full title is “Ascanio, ciseleur florentin du XVIe siècle, élève et ami de Benvenuto Cellini” Exhibited at the Salon of 1850. Oil on Panel. 22 x 16 cm. Signed “Fauvelet”
In the collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
It was purchased in 1850 by the “Musées nationaux”. After 1851 it was at the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris. On March 23, 1920 it was moved to Sénat, Paris. On the 8th of July 1998 it went to the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans. On August 26th, 2008 it went to the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
Ungt par i samtale
20 x 25 cm. Sold as “Young couple conversing” on March 02, 2004 by
Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner Bredgade for $3588.
Mésange surprise
Oil on canvas. 12.5 x 19.5 cm. Signed Fauvelet 1851.
Thoughtful woman in a chair
Oil on Panel. 21 x 15 cm. Dated 1852. Sold May 2nd 2011
L’indiscrète
Exhibited at the Salon of 1852
Partant pour la ville
Exhibited at the Salon of 1852. The judges wrote of this work:
“Partant pour la ville— Un des premiers, M. Fauvelet a signé des Messonier d’un autre nom que Messonier. M. Fauvelet excelle dans les étoffes, Les habits de velours, les culottes de satin, les bas blancs, il se tire de tout cela à merveille. Il sait faire chatoyer la lumière surles tissus lisses, l’endormir sur les tissus mats ; il est de très grande entente pour les clairsétroits du velours, le lustré mat du drap, le moiré lumineux de la soie. Sauf la tête de son voyageur, fort mauvaise, c’est peint finement, et bien peint.”
(In L’Eclair du 12/04 au 12/06/1852.)
L’intérieur
Salon de 1853
Portrait de Melle N…
, Salon de 1853
Les jeunes mères
, Salon de 1855
Deux musiciens
, Salon de 1855
Pheasants
Painted in or before 1855. In the collection of the Wallace Collection, London. Oil on Panel. Signed “Fauvelet”. 16 x 20 cm.
The Wallace Collection’s description:
The birds have been identified as golden pheasants. Painted in or before 1855, the year in which the comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier died. It was at the sale of his collection that the picture was bought by Lord Hertford. Fauvelet was a lithographer and a painter principally of still life and historical genre scenes in the manner of Meissonier who exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1845 to 1870.
A quiet Moment
Oil on Panel. 25 x 18.7 cm. Dated 1856.
Sold October 30, 1991 at Christies in Amsterdam for NLG 4,140. Sale 2157, lot 227.
Sold June 10th, 1997 by Phillips London.
L’amateur
, Salon de 1857
Le coin du feu
Salon de 1857
Van Loo
Salon de 1859
Le médecin plaisant
Salon de 1859
Le fumeur de pipe
Oil on panel. 22 x 16 cm. Dated 1860. Sold December 12, 2013. Sold as a pair along with “Le joueur de Mandoline” for €1,100.00 March 26th 2015 by Rossini svv, Paris France.
Le Joueur de Mandoline
Le Joueur de Mandoline
Sold as a pair along with “Le fumeur de pipe” for €1,100.00 March 26th 2015 by Rossini svv, Paris France.
Les trois âges
First exhibited at the Salon of 1861. This painting is in the collection of the Musée des Ursulines in Mâcon France. Oil on Canvas. 35.5 x 27 cm.
La couturière
Exhibited at the Salon of 1861. Auctioned to a private collector Sept 13th, 2015 by CRN Auctions.
Le joueur de guitare
, Salon de 1861
La partie de piquet
Salon de 1862
Young Man with a Pipe
This is a watercolor and graphite on paper. It is in the collection of the Walters Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Signed “Fauvelet” and dated March 1862.
Provenance according to the Walters:
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
It was exhibited in The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. This exhibition toured The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Le fumeur
Exhibited in the Salon of 1863
Repas de famille
Exhibited at the Salon of 1863. Oil on canvas. Signed “Fauvelet 1863”
Sold as “Ladies conversation” on February 13th, 1985 at Sotheby’s New York as Lot Number 172. Sold as “Ladies at the Table” on May 29th, 1999 at Grogan & Company in Boston. Sold as “After Dinner Chat” on October 13th, 2018 at Skinner’s in Boston.
Le livre de Ruth, Salon de 1864
Les Plaideurs
Exhibited at the Salon of 1864. Oil on Panel. 23 x 28 cm. Singed “Fauvelet 1864” This painting is in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille.
Karel Dujardin
Exhibited at the Salon of 1865
Fleurs
Exhibited at the Salon of 1865
La lecture interrompue
Exhibited at the Salon of 1867
Paysage historique
Salon of 1867
Musiciens du XVIII
Oil on panel. 19 x 15 cm. Dated 1868. Sold April 30th, 2014
L’enfant prodigue
Salon of 1869
Portrait de Mme F…
Salon of 1869
Portrait de M. …
Salon of 1870
Die Gelegenheit
Oil on panel. 56 x 45 cm. Dated 1876. Sold as “The opportunity” on Sept. 22, 2004 by Neumeister Munich for $2819.
Portrait de Jeune Femme en Costume du XVIIIE Siecle
Oil on panel. 24.4 x 18.6 cm. This painting is in the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes France. Acquired in 1906.
Portrait de jeune femme dans un intérieur
Likely painted after 1865. Oil on Panel. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Possibly on of the two portraits exhibited at the Salons of 1869 or 1870. In the collection of the Musée National Magnin, in Dijon France.
Peintre de genre, Fauvelet aima représenter des figures de jeunes femmes pensives et assises dans un intérieur. Mais la facture un peu raide et maladroite de cette oeuvre invite à la prudence. Par ailleurs, la signature est différente de celle habituellement utilisée par Fauvelet, en lettres capitales. R. Davray-Piekolek souligne qu’il s’agit d’une représentation très bizarre, qui évoque un “retour de bal” ou une femme “séduite et abandonnée”, avec les gants sur le sofa et le bouquet par terre, mais elle ne porte pas de bijoux et l’étoffe de la robe est quelconque. La coiffure et la coupe de la chemise sont du Second Empire, mais la robe est impossible à dater. Ce portrait a donc peut-être été peint vers 1865-1870 (communication écrite, août 2011).
The Souvenir
Oil on Panel, 29.5 x 24 cm. Sold April 22, 2007 by Bonhams & Butterfields for $1680. Auctioned on Nov 19, 2011 by Gene Shapiro Auctioneers.
Homme écrivant une lettre à son bureau
Oil on Panel. 13.5 x 10 cm. Auctioned on June 22nd 2011 by Tajan for $1174.
Interior with Young Lady
Oil on Panel. 32 x 23 cm.
By the Fireplace
Oil on Panel. 32.4 x 23.5. Sold May 16, 2006 by Waddingtons Toronto.
Près la cheminée
Oil on Canvas. 28 x 22 cm. Sold March 18th, 2006 by Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner Vejle.
Two Gentlemen in 18th Century Attire
Oil on panel. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Sold June 17, 2018.
Gentilhomme en habit du XVIIème siècle
Oil on panel. 20.5 x 15 cm. Sold February 24th, 2017
Musketier
Oil on panel. 22.5 x 16.7 cm. Sold Sept. 15, 2014
Couple de Faisans
Oil on panel. 24 x 18.5 cm. Sold February 23rd, 2014 for $1118.
Historisches Interieur mit zwei Herren
Oil on panel. 26.5 x 21.5 cm. Sold November 09, 2011 by Dobiaschofsky Bern. Sold April 30th 2014.
Mousquetaire à la cape rouge
Oil on panel. 17.3 x 11.2 cm. Sold December 15th 2010, and April 3rd, 2011
Nachdenkliche junge Frau in rosa Seidenkleid
Oil on panel. 17.5 x 13 cm. Sold June 19, 2009
Nature morte au vase antique et gibiers
Oil on panel. 27 x 22 cm. Sold March 18th, 2008 by Artcurial Paris.
Deux élégantes
Oil on panel. 17 x 22 cm. Sold by Sotheby’s Paris Oct. 26, 2006 for 4800 Euros at Sotheby’s Deco, Autumn Decorative Sale.
Jeune femme lisant dans un intérieur
Oil on panel. 16.5 x 22.5. Sold Nov 15, 1999 by Neret-Minet Paris.
Méditation Jeune Femme
Lithographer: Victor Loutrel. 42 x 30 cm.
Mousquetaire en bas de l’escalier
Oil on canvas.
The Connoisseur
Oil on panel, signed ‘Fauvelet’, 21 x 16 cm
Sold at Christies in London for GBP 1,980 on October 2, 1992, sale 4841.
Provenance according to that sale:
H.S.H. Princess Tassilo Festete, H.H. Princess Furstenberg,
Anon sale Sothebys, 13 Dec 1934 with M Newman Ltd., London,
K. W. Woollcombe Boyce
