Portrait of Gustave Godard
Artist
Emmanuel Lansyer
(French, 1835-1893)
CultureFrench
Date1872
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 1/8 × 28 7/8 in. (91.8 × 73.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 43 1/4 × 36 3/8 in. (109.9 × 92.4 cm)
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 43 1/4 × 36 3/8 in. (109.9 × 92.4 cm)
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
InscribedThe painting is signed and dedicated by the artist in the lower left corner: "à mon ami G. Godard/Lansyer." The stretcher is also inscribed with the artist's Paris address: "29, Quai Bourbon". In addition, a label attached to the stretcher is inscribed with the artist's inventory number, 389.
Credit LineGift of the Mowbray Arch Society, 2005
Object number2005.21
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis painting is oil on canvas and is a portrait of the sculptor Gustave Godard. His body is facing the left side while his head is slightly turned outward. He sits in front of a green curtain and is wearing a red coat with a while scarf tied around his neck. He holds an open book with a purple boarder of Japanese prints.Label TextEmmanuel Lansyer French, 1835-1893 Portrait of Gustave Godard, 1872 Oil on canvas In this portrait of the artist's friend, sculptor Gustave Godard, we see an album of Japanese woodcut prints, apparently of Samurai heroes or actors, on the man's lap. The enthusiasm for Ukiyo-e prints, kimonos, and all things Japenese was intense in the last decades of the 1800s, both in Europe and America. Emmanuel Lansyer painted large-scale landscapes in the grand manner. His shared interest in Ukiyo-e hints at how broadly popular they were outside of avant-garde circles of Impressionists and Toulouse-Lautrec. Gift of the Mowbray Arch Society 2005.21ProvenanceEmmanuel Lansyer; Gustave Godard, 1872; [New York Art Dealer] Mark Brady, June 2005; Chrysler Museum of Art, Gift of the Mowbray Arch Society, 2005. Exhibition History"The Orient Expressed: Japan's Influence of Western Art, 1854-1918," Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, February 19-July 17, 2011, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX, October 5, 2011-January 15, 2012. "Inspiring Impressionism: Japanese Prints in the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 10 - June 18, 2017.Published ReferencesJeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 44, fig. 41. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1 Gabriel P. Weisberg, _The Orient Expressed: Japan's Influence on Western Art, 1854-1918_, exh. cat., Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, 2011, 56, fig. 74.
