Title
The anatomy class at the École des beaux-arts
1888
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- The anatomy class
The School of Anatomy
A lecture on anatomy - Alternative title
- Un cours d'anatomie à l'École de beaux-arts à Paris
- Date
- 1888
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 218.0 x 299.0 cm sight; 269.5 x 350.0 x 14.0 cm frame
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., oil "F SALLE 1888".
- Credit
- Purchased 1888
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 728
- Copyright
- Artist information
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François Sallé
Works in the collection
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The anatomy class at the École des Beaux Arts - François Sallé 5:34
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Exhibition history
Shown in 7 exhibitions
Paris Salon, 1888, Paris Salon, Paris, 1888–1888
An exhibition of a selected number of subject pictures belonging to the national collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Jul 1943–Jul 1943
Old favourites, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Dec 1954–20 Dec 1954
Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 1984–May 1985
Body, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Sep 1997–16 Nov 1997
Spectacular Bodies: The art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now, Hayward Gallery, London, 19 Oct 2000–14 Jan 2001
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 68 publications
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Anon., Sydney Morning Herald, no 15833, 'Lectures – Mr Dickinson at the Art Gallery', 20 Dec 1888, p 11.
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Anon., Sydney Morning Herald, no 17964, 'National Art Gallery – The interchangeable question', Sydney, 15 Oct 1895, p 3.
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Anon., Athenaeum, no 3164, 'The Salon, Paris (Fifth and concluding notice)', London, 16 Jun 1888, pp 767–69: p 768.
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Emmanuel Bénézit (Editor), Dictionary of artists, vol 12, 'Sallé, François', Paris, 2006, pp 307–08: p 308.
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Anthony Bond OAM, Body, Sydney, 1997, pp 30, 125–27, 144, no 136, col illus p 125, fig 143.
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Donna Brett, Look, 'Art from wow to ow: it's amazing where ethics and aesthetics can lead', Sydney, Dec 2003-Jan 2004, pp 32–33, col illus p 33.
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Anthea Callen, Art History, vol 26, no 5, ‘Doubles and desire: anatomies of masculinity in the later nineteenth century’, Nov 2003, pp 669–99: pp 669, 672–73, 678, 680–81, 686–90, 692–95, illus pp 670 figure 3.1, 687 (detail) figure 3.7, 692 (detail) figure 3.9, 693 (detail) figure 3.10.
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Anthea Callen, Art History, vol 20, no 1, ‘The body and difference: anatomy training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the later nineteenth century’, Mar 1997, pp 23–60: pp 24, 41–43, p 56 note 9, p 59 notes 61, 69, 70, 74, p 60 note 80, illus p 40.
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Edmund Capon AM, OBE and Jan Meek (Editors), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, p 19.
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Philippe Comar (Editor), Figures du corps: Une leçon d’anatomie à l’École des beaux-arts, Paris, 2008, pp 51, 264, 475, col illus p 265. Illustrated in reference to no 124.
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Sarah Couper, Look, ‘Studio visit – Inside the Blue Mountains studio of Gallery framer David Butler’, Sydney, Sep 2017-Oct 2017, pp 64–68: p 66.
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Sidney Dickinson, Illustrated Sydney News, vol 25, no 10, 'The new pictures in the National Gallery', 25 Oct 1888, pp 5–6: p 6, illus p 6.
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'European', Sydney, 1988, pp 36–56: p 41.
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Anne Gérard-Austin, Look, 'Anatomy of an artwork – Model behaviour', Sydney, Nov 2016-Dec 2016, pp 60–61, col illus pp 60–61.
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Philippe Grunchec, Le grand prix de peinture: le concours des prix de Rome de 1797 à 1863, Paris, 1983, illus p 88.
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Dr Henri Guerrier, Revue universelle illustrée, vol 1, 'La médecine au Salon', Paris, Jul 1888, pp 117–21: p 120.
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Martin Kemp, Nature, 'Science in culture: Armed with anatomy', London, 2000, p 998, illus p 998.
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Martin Kemp and Marina Wallace, Spectacular bodies: the art and science of the human body from Leonardo to now, London, 2000, pp 75, 228, no 265, col illus pp 76–77.
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Martin Kemp, The human animal in Western art and science, Chicago, 2007, p 231, illus p 230, fig 167.
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Ch. Laurent, Paris, 'Le Salon de 1888', 01 May 1888. Quoted in Body 1997 (Sydney), p 126.
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Geo E Layton, Daily Telegraph, ‘The National Art Gallery – The selection of pictures – an official report’, Sydney, 26 Apr 1897.
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Paul Leprieur, L'artiste, vol 2, 'Le Salon de 1888. La peinture (fin)', Paris, Jul 1888, pp 1–29: p 14.
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Jonathan Marshall, Forum for Modern Language Studies, vol 43, no 4, 'The priestesses of Apollo and the heirs of Aesculapius: medical art-historical approaches to ancient choreography after Charcot', 2007, pp 410–26: p 418, illus p 418, fig 5.
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John McLachlan and Debra Patten, Medical Education, vol 40, no 3, 'Anatomy teaching: ghosts of past present and future', Mar 2006, pp 243–53: illus p 246, fig 2.
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William Moore, The Studio, vol 58, no 241, 'The public art galleries in Australia', London, Apr 1913, pp 202–13: p 209.
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Chiara O'Reilly, Journal of the history of collections, vol 32, no 2, 'Collecting French art in the late 1800s at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', Jul 2020, pp 313–25: pp 313, 321–22, col illus p 315, fig 4.
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Tom Roberts, The Argus, no 14150, 'The National Art Gallery of New South Wales', Melbourne, 31 Oct 1891, p 4.
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Colin McKay Smith, Daily Telegraph, ‘The National Art Gallery of New South Wales’, Sydney, 13 Apr 1897.
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A Stranger, Sydney Morning Herald, no 15757, 'Our art exhibits', 22 Sep 1888, p 8.
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Wendy Symonds (Editor), Look, Heidelberg, Feb 1998, col illus p 25 (detail).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903, Sydney, 1898-1903, p 233 (3 Apr 1900).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903, Sydney, 1898-1903, p 189 (15 Dec 1899).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 27.8.1909-28.4.1916, Sydney, 1909-1916, p 78 (26 Aug 1910).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 1.9.1891-4.5.1898, Sydney, 1891-1898, p 441 (21 July 1897).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903, Sydney, 1898-1903, p 323 (18 Jan 1901).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 2.6.1898-13.3.1903, Sydney, 1898-1903, p 295 (21 Sep 1900).
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Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Minutes 1.9.1891-4.5.1898, Sydney, 1891-1898, p 87 (8 Aug 1893).
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Anna Waldmann, Renée Free and Nicholas Draffin, Salon and Académie: the charm of tradition: a catalogue of nineteenth-century European salon works, Sydney, 1984, pp [3]–[4], [46], illus p [46]. No catalogue numbers.
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Paul Wood (Editor), The Challenge of the Avant-Garde, New Haven, 1999, pp 28–29, illus p 28, pl 20.
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Art and Australia, vol 22, no 1, ‘Victorian favourites: a conversation - Elwyn Lynn and Lloyd Rees’, Spring 1984, pp 49–56: p 52, col illus p 54.
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Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 2001 [for the year ended 30 June, 2001], Sydney, 2001, p 71. Loan.
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New South Wales Art Gallery pictures, Sydney, 1931, np, illus pl 2.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 11, no 10, illus p 12.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 13, no 8, illus p 12.
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Old favourites, Sydney, 1954, np.
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An exhibition of a selected number of subject pictures belonging to the national collection, typescript exh cat, Sydney, Jul 1943, p 1, no 1.
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National Art Gallery of New South Wales Bi-monthly conversational discussions, 1906–7, Sydney, 1910, pp 3–9: p 7.
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National Art Gallery of NSW: illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 7, no 8, illus p 8.
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Report of the trustees of the Public Library, Museums, & National Gallery of Victoria for 1896, Melbourne, 1897, p 25.
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Catalogue of the second interchange loan collections of oil paintings and water-colour drawings exhibited in the Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide Galleries, April 1896, Sydney, 1896, pp 44–45, no 1, illus p 44.
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AGNSW archive BF 12/1896, 31 Jul 1896.
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AGNSW archive BF 17/1893, 23 Jun 1893.
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Art lectures delivered by Sidney Dickenson, MA at the National Art Gallery of New South Wales …, Sydney, 1889, pp 37–38.
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National Art Gallery (report of trustees for the year 1888), Sydney, 1889, p 1.
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Illustrated Sydney News, vol 26, no 17, 'Art notes', Sydney, 14 Nov 1889, p 20.
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The Chronicle of Art, suppl to the Magazine of Art, 'Recent art movement in Australia', Oct 1889, p iii.
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Pall Mall Gazette, no 7651, 'The art galleries of Sydney and Melbourne', London, 25 Sep 1889, p 7.
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Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Palais des Champs-Elysées, le 1er mai 1889[Paris Salon], Paris, 1889, p xiv. Refers to 1888 Salon.
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Sydney Mail, vol 46, no 1486, 'Mr Dickinson at the Art Gallery', 29 Dec 1888, p 1345.
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L'artiste, vol 2, 'Chronique', Paris, Aug 1888, pp 135–51: p 137.
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La chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no 25, 'Concours et expositions', Paris, 14 Jul 1888, pp 1–2: p 2.
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Le rappel, no 6679, 'Les on-dit', Paris, 23 Jun 1888, p 2.
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Le XIXe siècle, journal républicain, no 6003, 'Les achats au Salon', Paris, 22 Jun 1888, p 2.
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La lanterne, no 4080, 'Les achats du Salon', Paris, 22 Jun 1888, p 2.
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Le Gaulois, no 2123, 'Les achats au Salon', Paris, 21 Jun 1888, p 3.
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La lanterne, no 4059, 'Le Salon – Les médailles', Paris, 01 Jun 1888, p 2.
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Salon de 1888, catalogue illustré, peinture et sculpture [Paris Salon], Paris, 1888, p 38 [not illustrated].
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Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Palais des Champs-Elysées, le 1er mai 1888 [Paris Salon], Paris, 1888, p 180, no 2230.
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Provenance
Paris Salon, Paris/France, Purchased by the AGNSW from the Paris Salon 1888