Gustave Guillaumet Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Gustave Guillaumet Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 24, 2024
Gustave Achille GUILLAUMET (1840 - 1887) attribué à Campement dans le désert
Est: €200 - €300
Gustave Achille GUILLAUMET (1840 - 1887) attribué à Campement dans le désert Huile sur papier marouflé sur carton Au revers du carton inscription à l’encre « G. Guillaumet » 20 x 35 cm oil on paper mounted on cardoboard, 7.8 x 13.7 in
Osenat
Nov. 08, 2024
GUILLAUMET, GUSTAVE ACHILLE: "La marchande d'oranges".
Est: CHF6,400 - CHF9,500
GUILLAUMET, GUSTAVE ACHILLE (Puteaux 1840 - 1887 Paris) : "La marchande d'oranges"; Öl auf Holz; 31,5x27,5 cm; sig. u.r.
Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG
May. 25, 2024
Gustave GUILLAUMET (Puteaux 1840 - Paris 1887) Interior of an Arab house in El Kantara
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET (Puteaux 1840 - Paris 1887) Interior of an Arab house in El Kantara Brush, brown and gray wash. Mounted on sheet. Affixed to panel 38 x 45 cm Signed and dated in pen lower right 1881 and annotated "à son ami Van Marke". Pore on back of mounting board: "Etude à la sépia du peintre Gve Guillaumet dédicacé à son ami le peintre van Marcke". Provenance : Public sale, April 29, 1934, Hôtel Drouot, Me Ader, no. 6.
Millon & Associes
May. 17, 2024
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) ATTRIBUÉ À
Est: €800 - €1,200
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) ATTRIBUÉ À L'HEURE DU THÉ SOUS LA TENTE TEA TIME UNDER THE TENT Huile sur toile, signée en bas à gauche. 24 X 35 CM (9 7/16 X 13 3/4 IN.)
Tajan
Oct. 24, 2023
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) ATTRIBUÉ À
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) ATTRIBUÉ À L'HEURE DU THÉ SOUS LA TENTE TEA TIME UNDER THE TENT Huile sur toile, signée en bas à gauche. 24 X 35 CM (9 7/16 X 13 3/4 IN.)
Tajan
Oct. 24, 2023
A Berber Chief
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Property from a Distinguished Collection Gustave Guillaumet French 1840 - 1887 A Berber Chief black and white chalks signed and dated G. GUILLAUMET 1865 lower right Unframed: 33.5 by 29cm., 13¼ by 11½in. Framed: 52 by 47.5cm., 20½ by 18¾in.
Sotheby's
Sep. 26, 2023
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etude de tête de femme de profil Crayon noir et fusain, craie blanche sur papier bleu
Est: €400 - €600
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etude de tête de femme de profil Crayon noir et fusain, craie blanche sur papier bleu Signé et daté 'G. Guillaumet / 1861' en bas à droite (Insolé) Sans cadre h: 29,70 w: 22 cm Estimation 400 - 600 €
Artcurial
Jun. 27, 2023
Gustave GUILLAUMET 1840-1887 La Halte Huile sur panneau
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET 1840-1887 La Halte Huile sur panneau Signé en bas à gauche "G. Guillaumet" 46 x 34 cm Oil on panel, signed lower left "G. Guillaumet" 18.11 x 13.39 in. Provenance : Collection particulière, France Rapport de condition / Condition report : Bon état général, bonne adhérence et cohésion des pigments au panneau. Légers frottements du panneau sur le bord supérieur. Légères craquelures de surface, stables, au centre à gauche. Très petit éclat de peinture au centre à droite de 1 mm. Examen UV : pas de retouche apparente. Dimensions avec cadre : 68,5 x 57 cm. Good overall condition, good adhesion and cohesion of the pigments to the panel. Slight rubbing of the panel on the upper edge. Slight surface cracks, stable, in the centre left. Very small paint chip in the centre right of 0.3 in. UV examination: no visible retouching. Dimensions with frame: 26.96 x 22.44 in. Estimation 5 000 - 7 000 €
Artcurial
Sep. 27, 2022
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etudes de personnages en pied Deux dessins au fusain et rehauts de craie blanche, sur...
Est: €100 - €200
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etudes de personnages en pied Deux dessins au fusain et rehauts de craie blanche, sur papier bleu passé, dans un même montage h: 22,50 w: 13,50 cm Estimation 100 - 200 €
Artcurial
Sep. 27, 2022
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etudes de femmes filant de la laine Crayon noir
Est: €300 - €400
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etudes de femmes filant de la laine Crayon noir Porte le cachet de la signature de l'artiste (L.1112b) en bas à gauche Sans cadre h: 31 w: 47,50 cm Provenance : Vente anonyme ; Paris, Christie's, 25 mars 2015, n° 85 Estimation 300 - 400 €
Artcurial
Sep. 24, 2022
Gustave Achille GUILLAUMET: "African Fortress"
Est: $250 - $350
Gustave Achille GUILLAUMET (1840-1887): "North-African Fortress". Pencil on wove paper. Bearing the "Atelier Guillaumet" stamp, Lugt 4855 (www.marquesdecollections.fr). While this stamp is found on other Guillaumet drawings, it is unknown when this stamp was applied, and when this part of the artist's atelier was dispersed. Framed in a modern gilt plaster-cast and wood frame, with linen matting and a gold fillet. Visible sheet size: 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches. Frame size: 13 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Jun. 24, 2022
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Etude pour le désert
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Study for the desert Oil on canvas. H_36 cm W_54 cm Sketch for the painting in the Musée d'Orsay Etude pour le désert Huile sur toile. H_36 cm L_54 cm Esquisse pour le tableau conservé au musée d’Orsay
Pierre Bergé & Associés
May. 28, 2022
Gustave GUILLAUMET 1840-1887 La halte Huile sur panneau
Est: MAD80,000 - MAD100,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET 1840-1887 La halte Huile sur panneau Signé en bas à gauche "G. Guillaumet" h: 46 w: 34 cm Provenance : Collection particulière, France Commentaire : Oilo on panel Signed lower left "G. Guillaumet"
Artcurial
Apr. 14, 2022
GUILLAUMET (Gustave)
Est: €300 - €400
GUILLAUMET (Gustave) Tableaux algériens Précédé d’une notice sur la vie et les œuvres de Guillaumet par Eugène Mouton. Paris, Plon, 1888. In-4 demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs, couverture illustré conserve,322 pp. Illustré de 12 eaux-fortes par Guillaumet, Coutry, le rat, Géry-Bichard, Muller et Toussaint, 6 héliogravures par Dujardin et 128 gravures en relief d’après les tableaux et les croquis de l’artiste. Avec un envoi autographe signé de Guillaumet.
Tajan
Dec. 09, 2021
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Portrait d'un Touareg au turban
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Portrait d'un Touareg au turban Huile sur toile située et datée "Sidi Embarek, 1864" en bas à droite. Inscription et signature au dos. Dimensions : 40 x 31,5 cm Provenance : succession Fulchiron Monte-Carlo. Peintre français né à Puteaux, il fait partie des grands orientalistes français du 19ème siècle, s'attachant aux rendus de lumière et d'atmosphère. Elève de Picot et de Barrias à l'Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris, il expose au Salon de 1861 à 1880. Tant dans ses peintures que dans ses écrits, il décrit la vie primitive et rude dans le désert algérien, au moment où naît en France un grand intérêt pour les populations algériennes en raison de leurs rapprochements politiques et économiques. Gustave Guillaumet est ainsi l'un des premiers artistes, incluant Eugène Delacroix avec son célèbre tableau Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement, à pénétrer dans l’espace intime des femmes Algériennes et à en dévoiler un portrait bien plus réel que les nombreux fantasmes de harem qui régnaient à cette époque. Cet artiste visionnaire sait porter un regard lucide et franc sur les débuts de la colonisation, les épidémies et la famine qui ont sévi brutalement entre 1866 et 1869, en réalisant des œuvres bien loin des clichés de nombreux peintres orientalistes. Guillaumet est inhumé à Paris au cimetière de Montmartre, sa tombe est ornée de "La Fille de Bou Saâda", une statue en bronze de Louis-Ernest Barrias figurant une jeune Algérienne assise le bras levé jetant quelques pétales sur le portrait en médaillon de l'artiste.
Accademia Fine Art
Oct. 25, 2021
ATTRRIBUÉ À GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) - Berbères
Est: €400 - €500
ATTRRIBUÉ À GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Berbères Fusain et rehauts de craie sur papier. Encadrée. 47 x 33 cm
Cornette de Saint-Cyr-Bruxelles
Sep. 22, 2021
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etudes de personnages en pied Deux dessins au fusain et rehauts de craie blanche, sur...
Est: €300 - €400
Gustave GUILLAUMET Puteaux, 1840 - Paris, 1887 Etudes de personnages en pied Deux dessins au fusain et rehauts de craie blanche, sur papier bleu passé, dans un même montage h: 22,50 w: 13,50 cm Estimation 300 - 400 €
Artcurial
Jun. 15, 2021
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) RUE ANIMÉE À FONTARRABIE, PAYS-BASQUE, 1878 Huile sur toile Signée, située 'Fontarabie [sic]' et datée '[18]78' en bas à gauche Oil on canvas; signed, located 'Fontarabie [sic]' and dated '[18]78' lower left 67 X 44 CM • 26 3/8 X 17 3/8 IN.
Tajan
Jun. 07, 2021
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840 - 1887)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840 - 1887) Study for the desert kept at the Musée d'Orsay Oil on canvas dated 1868. H_36 cm W_54 cm Etude pour le désert conservé au musée d'Orsay Huile sur toile datée 1868. H_36 cm L_54 cm
Pierre Bergé & Associés
Jun. 03, 2021
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Paysage à la chaumière
Est: €200 - €400
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Paysage à la chaumière Paysage à la chaumière Huile sur carton peint recto/verso et au dos, une étude de personnages au bord d'une étendue d'eau. Signé en bas à gauche. Dimensions : 18 x 25 cm Landscape, oil on cardboard painted also on the backside with figures border a river. Signed lower left.
Accademia Fine Art
May. 23, 2021
Painting, Gustave Achille Guillaumet
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, 1840-1887), Still Life with Fruit and Game, oil on canvas, signed lower right, canvas: 21.25"h x 25.5"w, overall (with frame): 28.75"h x 33"w. Provenance: Private Collection, Northern California
Clars Auctions
Oct. 20, 2020
GUILLAUMET Gustave (1840-1887) : « Bénarès, les ghats au
Est: €600 - €900
GUILLAUMET Gustave (1840-1887) : « Bénarès, les ghats au bord du Gange », HST sbd, dans un encadrement en bois doré et stuqué – 48 x 61 cm.
Adjug'art
Jun. 13, 2020
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) - Etude d'Orientales assises - Crayon
Est: €80 - €100
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Etude d'Orientales assises Crayon avec tampon de l'atelier Guillaumet 20 x 30 cm (Déchirure)
Côte Basque Enchères
Jun. 05, 2020
GUSTAVE-ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887)
Est: €200 - €400
GUSTAVE-ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) ÉTUDE D'ORIENTAL ASSIS STUDY OF A SEATED ARAB Dessin au crayon noir sur papier, signé du cachet de l'"Atelier Guillaumet" en bas à droite. 21,5 X 27 CM (8 7/16 X 10 5/8 IN.) €200-400
Tajan
Apr. 30, 2020
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French 1840-1887) Painting
Est: $8,000 - $16,000
DESCRIPTION: Beautiful oriental landscape scene depicting traditional men escaping the heat under the shade of an ancient ruin. Features a superb scenic mountainous landscape with a city and boats sailing in the ocean in the background. In original gilt wood frame marked: "G. Guillamet"Ã CIRCA:Mid to Late 19th ct. ORIGIN:FranceÃ DIMENSIONS: Including frame: H:Approximately 45" L:Approximately 65"
Akiba Galleries
Mar. 25, 2020
Islamic Art Gustave Guillaumet (1840-1887) Caravan at the sunset Oil on board
Est: €250 - €350
Islamic Art. Gustave Guillaumet (1840-1887) Caravan at the sunset Oil on board. Provenance: Ex Paltrinieri Collection.. Cm 13,00 x 11,00.
Capitolium Art
Jan. 02, 2020
Gustave Achille Guillaumet
Est: -
Gustave Achille Guillaumet. (Puteaux, 1840-Paris, 1887)."Músicos callejeros" y "Aguadores", pareja de óleos sobre lienzo, 49x71 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Dec. 17, 2019
Gustave Achille Guillaumet
Est: -
Gustave Achille Guillaumet. (Puteaux, 1840-Paris, 1887)."Músicos callejeros" y "Aguadores", pareja de óleos sobre lienzo, 49x71 cm.
Sala de Ventas
Nov. 27, 2019
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Les dromadaires labourant de champ au crépuscule
Est: €300 - €400
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Les dromadaires labourant de champ au crépuscule Pastel sur papier 19,5 x 30 cm
Gros-Delettrez
Nov. 27, 2019
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Le labour au soleil couchant
Est: €4,000 - €7,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Le labour au soleil couchant Huile sur toile Signée en bas à droite 81 x 138cm Exposition rétrospective : Gustave Guillaumet Roubaix, La Rochelle, Limoges, 2019
Gros-Delettrez
Nov. 13, 2019
GUSTAVE-ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) "FEMMES ARABES (TANGER)"
Est: €400 - €600
GUSTAVE-ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) "FEMMES ARABES (TANGER)" ARAB WOMEN Dessin au crayon noir sur papier, titré en bas à gauche. Signé du cachet de l'"Atelier Guillaumet" en bas à droite. 22 X 30 CM (8 11/16 X 11 13/16 IN.) €400-600
Tajan
Nov. 05, 2019
GUSTAVE ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (Puteaux 1840-1887 Paris) A View of a Yard with Two Dogs.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GUSTAVE ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (Puteaux 1840-1887 Paris) A View of a Yard with Two Dogs. Color pastels on cream laid paper, circa 1865. 435x290 mm; 17 1/4x11 1/2 inches. Signed in black pastel, lower left recto. Property from the Eric Carlson Irrevocable Trust.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 18, 2019
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887) Pause de la caravane dans le désert
Est: CHF2,000 - CHF3,000
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887) Pause de la caravane dans le désert, huile sur toile, dédicacée et signée, 33,5x57 cm
Geneve Encheres
Jul. 01, 2019
GUSTAVE-ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887)
Est: €12,000 - €18,000
GUSTAVE-ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) ARABES AU REPOS ARABS AT REST Huile sur toile, signée en bas à droite. 54 X 78 CM (21 1/4 X 30 IN.) €12,000-18,000 PROVENANCE - Mathaf Gallery Ltd, London. - Vendu chez John Moran le 16octobre 2012, $18,000.
Tajan
Jun. 27, 2019
GUILLAUMET Gustave. Tableaux algériens.
Est: €600 - €800
GUILLAUMET Gustave. Tableaux algériens. Précédés d’une notice sur la vie et les œuvres de Guillaumet par Eugène Mouton. P. Plon 1888 ; in-4 en ff. sous couverture illustrée et chemise demi-toile rempl. 322 p. Illustré de 12 eaux-fortes : portrait frontispice de Guillaumet en 2 états et 11 en trois états par Guillaumet, Coutry, Le Rat, Géry-Bichard, Muller et Toussaint, 6 héliogravures en quatre états par Dujardin, 35 gravures en relief hors texte et nombreuses illustrations dans le texte d’après les tableaux et les croquis de l’artiste. Exemplaire réservé imprimé sur grand papier pour Monsieur Arthur Guillaumet.
Gros-Delettrez
Mar. 10, 2019
Gustave Achille Guillaumet, (1840-1887 French), "Arab Horsemen Resting," 1880, Oil on canvas laid to canvas, 21.5" H x 31" W
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887 French) "Arab Horsemen Resting," 1880 Oil on canvas laid to canvas Signed and dated lower right: G. Guillaumet, titled on the frame plaque 21.5" H x 31" W Provenance: Mathaf Gallery Ltd., London, no. MD258 (see verso label). Sold: John Moran Auctioneers, October 16, 2012, $18,000.
John Moran Auctioneers
Dec. 07, 2018
GUSTAVE ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (FRENCH, 1840-1887) SOIR D'HIVER, MAROC, 1869 OIL ON
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, 1840-1887) Soir d'hiver, Maroc, 1869 Oil on canvas laid on Masonite 46 x 66-3/4 inches (116.8 x 169.5 cm) Signed and dated lower right: G. Guillaumet 1869 PROVENANCE: Private collection, New York; Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1950s; By descent to the present owner, Long Island, New York. EXHIBITED: Paris Salon of 1870, no. 1291. LITERATURE: E. Boetzel, Le Salon 1870, Lahure, Paris, 1870, engraving of Soir d'hiver, Maroc (in reverse); M. Gautheron, Guillaumet, peintre du désert, Cohen & Cohen, Paris, 2018, forthcoming. M. Gautheron, L'Algérie de Gustave Guillaumet (1840-1887), exh. cat., La Rochelle, Limoges, Roubaix, 2018, forthcoming. The exceptional expressive force of French artist Gustave Guillaumet's North African paintings separate them from the work of most other Orientalists of the late 19th century whose efforts are often more picturesque in nature. A product of the École des Beaux-Arts, Guillaumet was a regular exhibitor at the French Salon by 1861. The following year, with an intention of continuing his studies in Rome, Guillaumet impulsively changed his course to North Africa. Although the artist suffered from numerous spells of malaria, this would be the first of ten trips he made to Algeria and Morocco over the course of his life. The deserts of North Africa and life there profoundly inspired him to dedicate his career to painting them. His canvases won numerous medals and he was eventually awarded the title Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur. This landscape of 1869 depicting farmers at the end of a long day of desert labor belongs to Guillaumet's first series of paintings showing peasants working their fields. He produced this series in response to the great crisis of 1866-1869, which ravaged the rural population of Algeria. A combination of factors including locust plagues of 1866 and 1868, a brutal winter in 1867-8, and political upheavals caused a devastating famine followed by a catastrophic epidemic of cholera. As Marie Gautheron, the preeminent scholar on the work of Gustave Guillaumet has noted, Soir d'hiver, Maroc (exhibited in the Salon of 1870) was the second painting in the artist's four-painting series which also included: Le labour en Algérie of 1869 (Salon of 1869), now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges; Feux de broussailles en Algérie (exhibited under the title Les Défrichesments in the Salon of 1874), now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon; and Le labour en Algérie (Salon of 1876), private collection. Guillaumet's critical success at the Salon of 1869 with Le labour en Algérie continued with his submissions to the Salons of 1870 and 1874, which also portrayed Muslim farmers laboring near the Moroccan border. As Marie Gautheron notes: "Soir d'hiver presents a less exotic scene than that of the previous year, in a more open site, less disturbing. Only a few details assure the Oriental character of the motif that Guillaumet treats here in a spirit very different from that of his previous painting. The facture is still analytical, but the palette has lower contrast, and the composition is as melancholy as the previous work was dramatic. The focus is on the climate: this "cold winter evening" brings the public closer to its subject by showing an aspect of Algeria radically opposed to the stereotypes of a romanticized country with its searing blue skies. The draft horse, the crouching peasant, the gloomy lighting and the landscape dotted with puddles are not unusual. This almost naive image speaks of work in the fields which would be the same, there and here; but the archaic plow, the field lost in immensity, and the discreet koubba give it the same symbolic value as the painting of 1869: Soir d'hiver, Maroc is a variation on Le labour, and takes advantage of its success." We are grateful to Marie Gautheron for her scholarly generosity. Extracts from her forthcoming book on Guillaumet that discuss the present painting form the basis for this catalogue note. HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Jul. 12, 2018
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, 1840-1887) - On the bank of the El Kantara river
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, 1840-1887) On the bank of the El Kantara river oil on canvas 22 x 31 in. (55.5 x 78 cm.)
Christie's
May. 04, 2018
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887)"UNE NOCE ARABE À EL-KANTARA"
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) "UNE NOCE ARABE À EL-KANTARA" "ARAB WEDDING IN EL-KANTARA" Huile sur panneau. 27 X 34cm (10 5/8 X 13 3/8 IN.) € 5,000-7,000 BIBLIOGRAPHIE Étude pour le tableau reproduit page209 de l'ouvrage de Gustave Guillaumet, "Tableaux Algériens", Librairie Plon, Paris, 1888.
Tajan
Oct. 25, 2017
Gustave Achille Guillaumet 1840-1887 (French) Figure in a landscape oil on canvas
Est: $1,500 - $1,800
Gustave Achille Guillaumet 1840-1887 (French) Figure in a landscape oil on canvas h:46 w: 38 cm. signed lower right Other Notes: Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jul. 13, 2017
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, - On the bank of the El Kantara river
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, On the bank of the El Kantara river oil on canvas 22 x 31 in. (55.5 x 78 cm.)
Christie's
May. 24, 2017
GUSTAVE ACHILLE GUILLAUMET (FRENCH, 1840-1887) LE LABOURAGE, FRONTIÈRE DU MAROC,
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, 1840-1887) Le labourage, frontière du Maroc, 1869 Oil on canvas laid on masonite 46 x 66-3/4 inches (116.8 x 169.5 cm) Signed and dated lower right: G. Guillaumet 1869 PROVENANCE: Private collection, New York; Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1950s; By descent to the present owner, Long Island, New York. The exceptional expressive force of French artist Gustave Guillaumet's North African paintings separate them from the work of most other Orientalists of the late 19th century whose efforts are often more picturesque in nature. In this exquisite scene from 1869 depicting farmers laboring to plow the sandy Algerian soil near the Moroccan frontier, the fading light paints the sky with an ethereal glow just before the sun sinks below the horizon. Long shadows fall into the furrows of the recent plowing, and the magnificent white horse in the foreground, just unharnessed from the plow, stands in strict profile to the picture plane with a quietness that nearly resembles a relief sculpture as light glints off his coat. Guillaumet's subject is the culmination of a long hard day's work, and through the vast emptiness of his composition, Guillaumet stressed the insurmountable task of wrestling an existence from the harsh desert region. The particular combination of simplicity and grandeur, which characterizes so many of Guillaumet's paintings, give them an unusually modern quality of alienation. Guillaumet was a product of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, which he entered in 1857. By 1861, he was a regular exhibitor at the French Salon. The following year, with an intention of continuing his studies in Rome, Guillaumet impulsively changed his course to North Africa. Although the artist suffered from numerous spells of malaria, this would be the first of ten trips he made to Algeria and Morocco over the course of his life. Profoundly inspired by the deserts of North Africa, Guillaumet exhibited his Prière du soir dans le Sahara at the Salon of 1863, which attracted so much attention that it was bought by the state and is currently owned by the Musée D'Orsay in Paris. This marked the beginning of a long, lucrative career, winning multiple medals and being awarded the title Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur. Although Guillaumet never took an anti-colonial stance in his writings about Algeria, in his paintings there is an understated drama being played out. His firsthand experiences in North Africa coincided with a crucial moment in France's policy toward Algeria, characterized by the shift from conquest to colonization. The wistful quality of beautiful emptiness in Guillaumet's landscapes points to an emotional awareness that the old ways were eventually going to fade away. HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
May. 18, 2017
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887)
Est: €400 - €600
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) CAVALIERS AU REPOS HORSEMEN AT REST Dessin au crayon sur papier, signé du cachet de l'atelier en bas à gauche. 15,3 X 25 cm (6 X 9 13/16 IN.)
Tajan
Apr. 22, 2017
Orientalist Landscape Painting after Guillaumet
Est: $350 - $450
After Gustave Guillaumet (France/Africa, 1840-1887) oil on canvasboard scene of a man, woman and child in Middle Eastern dress. The woman plays a musical instrument for the child while the man watches on and two other figures feed a flock of sheep. Tents and campfires are visible in the background. Signed lower right G. Guillaumet with illegible writing below. Circa 1930s giltwood molded frame. 9" x 13" sight, 12" x 16" framed. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Mar. 26, 2017
Guillaumet, "Standing Girl Holding Water Pitcher", Drawing
Est: $300 - $500
Gustave Achille Guillaumet (French, 1840 -1887), "Standing Girl holding Water Pitcher", pencil on paper drawing, signed lower right, with owner's description verso, 8 3/4" h x 5 3/8" w, framed under glass, 21" h x 16" w (frame). Provenance: From a Cambridge, Massachusetts estate.
Kaminski Auctions
Mar. 24, 2017
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840 - 1887)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840 - 1887) La fontaine sacrée près d’Alger Toile (rentoilage) Signé du cachet de la vente d’atelier. Etiquette d’exposition et étiquette de la vente d’atelier au dos. 23,5 x 33,5 cm Provenance : n° 165 du catalogue de la vente d’atelier G.Guillaumet, 6-8 février 1888, Galerie Georges Petit Exposition « Paysages d’eau douce », galerie Charpentier, 1945
Collin du Bocage
Nov. 16, 2016
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887)CAVALIERS AU REPOS
Est: €800 - €1,200
GUSTAVE GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) CAVALIERS AU REPOS HORSEMEN AT REST Dessin au crayon sur papier, signé du cachet de l'atelier en bas à gauche. 15,3 X 25cm (6 X 9 13/16 IN.)
Tajan
Sep. 24, 2016
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Paysage romantique animé
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Gustave GUILLAUMET (1840-1887) Paysage romantique animé Huile sur toile signée en bas à droite 25 x 19 cm Bon état
FauveParis