Charles Marie L'Huillier
Refreshing the Horses
1854
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Charles Marie L'Huillier
Refreshing the Horses
1854
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 24-9/16 x 19-1/4 in. (62.4 x 48.9 cm.); Frame: 30-5/16 x 25 x 1 in. (77 x 63.5 x 2.5 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
1996.45.156
Born on the northern coast of France, L’Huillier painted scenes
from daily life in the Norman countryside. While a professor at the
École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre, he counted among his pupils,
20th-century artists Raoul Dufy, Othon Friesz, and Georges Braque,
each of whom he encouraged to pursue their artistic studies in Paris.
Lucas’s interest in L’Huillier dated from the 1860s, and his Diary
indicates that he purchased this work, “my sketch of horses,” from a
Paris dealer, Merchez, on March 4, 1869.
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. #202.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #179.
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. #179.
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, 'Chas Lhuillier'. VERSO, FRAME: BC, fragment of Pottier label. VERSO, STRETCHER, CL, (in ink), newspaper obituary of L'huillier, 'mort en 1900/L'huillier fut eleve et/collaborateur de Pils'; CR, (in ink), 'Charles L'huillier/eleve et collaborateur de Pils'
