Image 1 / 4:
Eugene Louis Boudin.
Trouville Harbor.
Image 2 / 4:
Paul Burty Haviland.
Passing Steamer.
Image 3 / 4:
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget.
Au Bon Jardinier, quai de la Mégisserie.
Image 4 / 4:
Neïl Beloufa.
People’s passion, lifestyle, beautiful wine, gigantic glass towers, all surrounded by water.
En plein air presents work culled from the Henry’s permanent collection along with the work of the young French Algerian contemporary artist Neïl Beloufa. The exhibition broadly addresses how the practice of en plein air painting richly influenced the early years of photography and the subsequent practice of the arts. The role of the artist as flâneur is crucial to the thesis of this focused exhibition which includes paintings by Boudin and Corot, and photographs from the Henry’s important holdings of French photography, including the work of Eugene Atget, Henri Lartigue, Charles Marville, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and others.
En plein air is curated by Luis Croquer, Deputy Director of Art and Education with assistance from Merith Bennett, Senior Curatorial Associate, and with support from Judy Sourakli, Curator of Collections. The exhibition is made possible with generous support from ArtsFund, the French American Cultural Society (FACS), and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Featured artists: Neïl Beloufa; Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget; Eugene Louis Boudin; Etienne Carjat; Henri Cartier-Bresson; Jean Baptiste Camille Corot; Paul Burty Haviland; Jacques Henri Lartigue; Gustave Le Gray; Charles Marville; Achille Quinet
Image 1:
Eugene Louis Boudin.
Trouville Harbor.
c. 1888.
Oil on wood panel.
Henry Art Gallery, Horace C. Henry Collection, 26.11.
Image 2:
Paul Burty Haviland.
Passing Steamer.
1910.
Photogravure.
Henry Art Gallery, Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen, 79.90. From CameraWorks.
Image 3:
Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget.
Au Bon Jardinier, quai de la Mégisserie.
1902.
Aristotype print.
Henry Art Gallery, Joseph and Elaine Monsen Photography Collection, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen and The Boeing Company, 97.11.
Image 4:
Neïl Beloufa.
People’s passion, lifestyle, beautiful wine, gigantic glass towers, all surrounded by water.
2011.
Video installation.
Courtesy the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.
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