Charles-François Daubigny #6

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"In 1860, Daubigny acquired land in Auvers-sur-Oise

He requested that the painter architect Oudinot, his friend, design his Studio House. Originally the house was planned to have two floors. Rooms to be lived in were fitted out on three sides of the studio. The latter will be opened to the outside thanks to a large plate-glass window.

He told his friend painter Henriet: "I bought a piece of land of 30 perches in Auvers, all covered in beans and on which I shall plant some legs of lamb if you come to see me, on which we are building a 8 x 6 meter studio, with some rooms all around. I hope to be able to use it by next Spring. Father Corot found Auvers very beautiful and suggested that I stay there part of the year".

"The house was built in 1861. It had finally only one single floor. The studio emerges from the building, as this room has not less than a 7m50 ridge height. The kitchen, the entrance and the dining room look out on a beautiful garden decorated with flowers in front of foliage of the Castle in the Vallées area.The first Artists' club was born ..."
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"Corot designed the Studio decoration (today these design sketches are found in the collection of the Museum of Baltimore).

In their idle moments, mainly the rainy days when it was not possible to go outside to paint, Daubigny and their friends worked on the decoration inside the studio. They reproduced the drawings designed by Corot on not less than 100m² of canvas glued on the walls. Oudinot, the architect, but also an occasional painter, designed the wooden sculptured fireplace and overdoors.

Not less than 10 years were required for this gifted team to complete the decoration of the studio.

Charles-François' children, Cécile and Karl, were also involved in this group effort. Karl painted the upper sides of the room and also contributed the 350 motifs of the friezes, which he did freehand!"
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Léonide Bourges: The Studio-House. (bron: La Maison-Atelier de Daubigny)


Monet's boat at the Daubigny Museum in Auvers-sur-Oise, 2004.

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After Daubigny’s death in 1878, the city of Auvers-sur-Oise kept his boat for many years until it rotted. They then were able to arrange the loan of Monet’s boat from the city of Argenteuil, and displayed it at the Daubigny Museum in Auvers, where I was able to take a picture of it in 2004.

I visitied Auvers two years later and the boat was gone. The Daubigny house and museum are privately owned by a married couple. The wife told me in July 2006 that the house had been in her husband’s family for some time. She said Monet’s boat had needed some repairs to protect it from the elements. They had asked for financial help from the city of Argenteuil, which refused and took the boat back to put it in storage. She did not know where the boat was but believed it was not on public display.
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