Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824-1886)
“A Stroll in the Garden.” Circa 1870
Oil on Mahogany Board, 12 x 16.5
Adolphe Monticelli arrived in Paris from his native Provence in 1846 and became a pupil
of Paul Delaroche. Still, the master who was to have the greatest influence over the young
Monticelli was N. V. Diaz de la Peña, whom he met when he returned to Paris from 1855 to
1856. Monticelli’s visits to Paris exposed him to the Rococo Revival, which was being
popularized by artists including Diaz, and he started producing scenes of courtly figures
in garden settings à la Watteau. This became a favorite subject, and from the 1860s until
the end of his career Monticelli treated numerous variations on the theme. The Prussian
siege of Paris in 1870 forced Monticelli to return to Marseilles. His final sixteen years were
his most productive. The vibrant colors and thick, impastic surfaces of his late works struck
a responsive chord in the young Vincent Van Gogh, who collected Monticelli’s paintings and
expressed his indebtedness to the older artist’s work. Museums: Atlanta, High Museum of
Art; Caen, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Compiègne, musée national du château; Dijon, Musée
national Magnin; London, National Gallery; Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Marseille,
Musée Cantini, Musée des Beaux-Arts; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art; Paris,
Musée du Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Musée national Jean Jacques Henner; Péronne, Musée
Alfred Danicourt; Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts; Strasbourg,
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain.
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