Auguste Molin

Trees in a Landscape

1840

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Auguste Molin

Trees in a Landscape

1840

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, 19-5/16 x 28-3/4 in. (49.1 x 73.1 cm.); Frame: 24-3/4 x 34-1/2 x 3/4 in. (62.9 x 87.7 x 1.9 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 1996.45.202

Molin has remained an obscure figure and is not mentioned by Lucas in his Diary. Works he exhibited at the Salons of 1850 and 1872 suggest that he was a painter of landscapes and hunting scenes. Most notably, he participated in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, submitting four compositions.

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

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Nature Revealed: Landscapes and Still Lifes from the George A. Lucas Collection", circulated to Government House, Annapolis, November 15, 2000-January 23, 2001.

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 George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1965, cat. #201.

Inscribed: FACE: BR, 'MOLIN'. VERSO, STRETCHER: C, (label), 'Succession G.A. Lucas/Pottier, Emballeur/de Tableaux & Objects d'art/14, Rue Gaillon - PARIS/Nom/No 122'; TR, (label), 'W2'