Victor Vignon
View of a Village in Normandy
1879-1888
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Victor Vignon
View of a Village in Normandy
1879-1888
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 18-3/16 x 15-1/16 in. (46.2 x 38.3 cm.); Frame: 23-3/4 x 21-5/8 x 1-3/4 in. (60.3 x 54.9 x 4.4 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.276
A student of Corot in the late 1860s, Vignon forms a link between
the artists of the Barbizon School and the Impressionists. While
at Auvers-sur-Oise in the mid 1870s, he befriended both Camille
Pissarro and Paul Cézanne. With their broken brushwork and lighter,
more colorful palette, Vignon’s compositions fall well within the
Impressionist realm. He would submit works to four of the eight
Impressionist exhibitions.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "Exhibition of the George A. Lucas Art Collection", 1911, cat. #190.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #273.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #273.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Inscribed: FACE: BR, 'V. Vignon.'. VERSO, FRAME: UR, 'BMA cat./1965/#273'; C, 'Succession G.A. Lucas...'
