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画作名称:
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Gabrielle et Jean |
中文名称:
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加布里埃尔和让 |
画 家:
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皮埃尔-奥古斯特·雷诺阿(Pierre-Auguste Renoir) |
作品年份:
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1895-1896 年 |
原作材质:
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布面油画 |
画作尺寸:
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54 x 65 cm |
馆藏链接:
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橘园美术馆(Musée de l'Orangerie) |
备注信息:
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The beautifully rustic maidservant in dark blue with her dark brown hair and olive skin contrasts with the Venetian-blond baby, whose white dress forms a vast, luminous expanse. Their left arms are touching closely in an affectionate pose, while the child's right hand attempts to imitate Gabrielle's by grasping one of the figurines. The latter are sparsely and unobtrusively brushed in and cause no break in continuity with the table in the foreground, which is handled not as a hard, inert object but as a soft, undulating material. The variegated surface area and the resulting horizontal plane indistinctly echo the two large vertical sections in the background, which have been given a blurred treatment. These two wall sections, with their contrasts of material, appearance, size, and color, breathe air into this painting, providing at the same time, along with the triangular surface of the table, geometrical planes that circumscribe the plastic reality of the two figures.
Jean Renoir has recorded the following recollections: "When I was still very little, three, four or five years old, my father did not tell me how I was to pose but took advantage of some occupation that seemed to keep me quiet. The paintings of Jean playing with toy soldiers, eating his soup, moving his building blocks or looking at picture books were thus captured on canvas" (Jean Renoir, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, mon père, Paris, 1981). Renoir was an attentive father, and he joyfully compiled what amounts to a veritable family album recording the childhood of his sons, alone or with their mother, or, again, with one of the servants, usually the faithful Gabrielle. Gabrielle Renard (1879-1959) joined the Renoir household staff when Madame Renoir was expecting her second child, who turned out to be Jean, the future cinematog¬rapher.
The painting entitled Gabrielle and Jean belongs to a vast array of works depicting these two protagonists, works that reflect a broad range of techniques. The picture shown here doubtless dates from 1895-1896, considering the age of the child, who was born in September 1894.
@橘园美术馆:This work is one of an extensive series painted around 1895-1896 in which Renoir brought together his second son Jean and Gabrielle, the family’s faithful servant. The painter thus created a veritable album of his son’s early childhood. Jean Renoir had some strong recollections of this period: “When I was still very little, three, four or five years old, my father did not tell me how I was to pose but took advantage of some occupation that seemed to keep me quiet.” Renoir could count on the active cooperation of Gabrielle who could always find a way to hold the attention of the young model.
Here she has the child on her knee and is keeping him busy with the farm animals. In this painting in the Musée de l’Orangerie, the figurines are unobtrusively brushed in and blend into the surface of the table. We can barely recognise the cow in Gabrielle’s hand. Similarly the background is indistinct. On the right we can make out a printed fabric that Renoir used to place behind his models to provide a background in his compositions.
There is another version of Gabrielle et Jean (private collection) which looks more finished, in which the servant is holding a cockerel, and the figurines are much clearer.