Artwork Details
16-3/4 x 10 x 1/8 in. (proper left panel) 16-1/2 x 10-1/8 x 1/8 in. (proper right panel) 23-1/2 x 26-7/8 x 1-1/4 in. (framed)
Mark DescriptionSigned in red paint on the right panel, lower left: FILIGER
Accession NumberSamuel Josefowitz Collection of the School of Pont-Aven, through the generosity of Lilly Endowment Inc., the Josefowitz Family, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Cornelius, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Betley, Lori and Dan Efroymson, and other Friends of the Museum
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteCount Antoine de La Rochefoucauld [1862-195]), Paris, France, patron and friend to Émile Bernard and his circle, which included Filiger. Clément Altarriba, son-in-law of Émile Bernard, and an art dealer. (Wildenstein Gallery, Paris, France, and New York, New York);{1} Samuel Josefowitz [died 2015], Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1963; Acquired as a partial gift, partial purchase by the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1998. {1} See Josefowitz inventory card for the names of all previous owners. IMA Provenance File (1998.177).
- Pont-Aven School artists often depicted Christian religious themes. In this two-part composition of the Last Judgment, Filiger has presented the saved souls on the left and the damned on the right.
- In the left panel, the Angel of Redemption hovers over a typical Brittany cliff, rendered in bands of flat color. On the right, the figures of the damned bear faces with long vertical lines. The central panel was never completed.
- Filiger’s emphasis on detail and his meticulous use of gold and silver set him apart from most of the Pont-Aven School. He was inspired by Italian medieval painters.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Charles Filiger
Malingue S.A.
March 27, 2019 - June 22, 2019
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven from the Collection of Samuel Josefowitz
Indianapolis Museum of Art
March 28, 1999 - August 1, 1999
Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Museum Würth
March 2, 1997 - June 1, 1997
Gauguin et l'Ecole de Pont-Aven
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
June 8, 1993 - July 18, 1993
Gauguin et l'Ecole de Pont-Aven
The Bunkamura Museum of Art
April 10, 1993 - May 30, 1993
Filiger 1863-1928: Dessins, Gouaches, Aquarelles
Musée Maurice Denis
November 14, 1981 - February 15, 1982
Filiger 1863-1928: Dessins, Gouaches, Aquarelles
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper
1982 - 1982
Exposition de l'inauguration du Musée
Musée Maurice Denis
1980 - 1980
Gauguin and the Pont-Aven Group (Pont-Aven: Gauguin und sein Kreis in der Bretagne)
Kunsthaus Zürich
Dates Unknown
Gauguin and the Pont-Aven Group
Tate Britain
Dates Unknown
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