Georges-Daniel de Monfreid / Mater Dolorosa (The Virgin Mary Mourning) / 1897

Georges-Daniel de Monfreid
Mater Dolorosa (The Virgin Mary Mourning)
1897
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Creator Name: Monfreid, Georges-Daniel de
Creator Nationality: French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1856 - 1929
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Georges-Daniel de Monfreid
Title: Mater Dolorosa (The Virgin Mary Mourning)
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1897
Creation End Date: 1897
Creation Date: 1897
Object Type: Paintings
Classification Term: Painting
Materials and Techniques: painted plaster and wood
Dimensions: Overall: 73.7cm x 59.1cm x 17.8cm
Inscriptions: upper left: au docteur Gouzer/G.Daniel-Monfreid.
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 2002.54
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Rights: http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html
Style or Period: France, 19th century
Context: This sculpture was originally part of a project for a Calvary depicting Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary, and Christ on the Cross (see photo); Monfreid may or may not have completed the design. He intended to execute the piece in ceramic, as suggested by the Mater Dolorosa's shadowy browns, blues, and purples which resemble ceramic glazes. The intensity of the unrealistic colors, as well as the emotional nature of the religious subject, characterizes this rare example of Nabis sculpture. Led by Paul Gauguin, Paul Serusier, Pierre Bonnard, and Édouard Vuillard during the 1890s, the Nabis-Hebrew for "prophet"-proclaimed spiritual and sacred values. They reacted against the Impressionists, who they thought were mundane and superficial.The inscription at the upper right includes the artist's signature as well as a dedication to Doctor Gouzer, a mutual friend of Monfreid and Gauguin and to whom Monfreid gave Mater Dolorosa in 1897. During his intense twelve-year correspondence with Monfreid, Gauguin praised the artist for giving the work to Gouzer, noting "Your Calvary is a true revelation: it is the masterwork of your life."Photo of:Plaster reconstruction of Monfreid's Calvary by Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) at the Gallerie Charpentier in Paris, 1938. The figure at the right demonstrates how Mater Dolorosa fit into the scheme of the sculpture.
AMICA ID: CMA_.2002.54
AMICA Library Year: 2003
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