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Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles
About the Artwork
This view of a rocky landscape along the Mediterranean coast of southern France reflects the naturalist ambition of capturing exact details and atmospheric effects observed directly from life. Clear, intense light floods over the stony cliffs and the sparse greenery baked in the heat of sun. The artist, l Guigou, studied art in Marseilles and devoted most of his career to painting views of his native Provence. In 1855 he began traveling back and forth between Marseilles and Paris, where he became familiar with the paintings of Gustave Courbet and died of a stroke at age 37.
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: Paul Guigou
Provenance
1939: (Galerie Alfred Daber, Paris) ?: (Arthur Tooth & Sons, London) Until 1979: Private collection, New York, consigned to Sotheby’s 1979: (Sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 4, 1979, lot 207 Probably 1979-1980: Noah L. [1918-1980] and Muriel S. Butkin [1915-2008], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art as a result of disclaimer by Muriel S. Butkin 1980-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981). Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Paul Guigou (French, 1834–1871)
- Date
- c. 1865
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 38.6 x 58.4 cm (15 3/16 x 23 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
- Accession no.
- 1980.265
More by Paul Camille Guigou in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009571
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