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An image of Confidences by Georges Croegaert

Georges Croegaert

(Belgium, France 1848–1923)

Title
Confidences
Other titles:
Secrets
Alternative title:
Les Confidences
Year
1889
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on cedar panel
Dimensions

46.3 x 34.0cm panel; 67.5 x 57.0 x 10.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., white paint "GEORGES CROEGAERT PARIS 1889".
Credit
Purchased 1889
Accession number
808
Location
19th & 20th c European art
Provenance (1)

Dr C. Fischer (Australia), Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, Purchased by the AGNSW from Dr Fischer 1889. Purchased by Fisher from the Paris Salon.

Bibliography (5)

Paris Salon (France) (Author), 1889 Catalogue illustré du Salon, 1889. cat.no. 672

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874) (Author), Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales 1906, Sydney, 1906. Benezit's mistaken name and year 'Avant le bal' in this publication.

Linda Slutzkin (Australia, d.2005) (Author), Interiors - from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1981, 7-8, 16 (illus.). cat.no. 2

Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Domain, 1984, (illus.). no catalogue numbers

Canberra Museum and Art Gallery (Australia) (Organiser), Royal Belgian Embassy (Australia) (Organiser), From Belgium with lace: Belgian art in Australian collections, Canberra, 2000, 2 (colour illus.). no catalogue numbers

Exhibition history (4)

Paris Salon, 1889, Paris Salon, 1889–1889.

Interiors - from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales: Art Gallery of New South Wales Travelling Art Exhibition 1981, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 09 Dec 1981–03 Jan 1982.

Salon and Academie: the charm of tradition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 15 Nov 1984–May 1985.

From Belgium with lace: Belgian art in Australia, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, 19 Feb 2000–12 Jun 2000.