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STOP PRESS!
As this page
is updated, we include two
'Schenck' paintings that are available for purchase.
The two works in question can be seen by visiting site page
41. Do drop by!
& STOP PRESS #2
The webmaster has been advised that one of the
'Schenck' paintings that has been featured on this site for many years is available
for purchase.
The work in question, entitled 'Sheep in Snowstorm' can be seen
at the top of site page
26.
In all
cases, you may contact the webmaster with any enquiries. I will gladly pass on
all messages to the concerned owner.
Albert Schenck Datapages
01,
02 &
04
are now on site. Plus all
of the image pages, accessible though the index below.
Do you want to make a comment? A site guestbook is here.
Test.
A little index of Albert Schenck works.
But this page is very much in course of preparation.
Visitors who simply wish to learn what I know about the work
entitled 'Found' or 'Shepherd's Call' can go directly to page
08.
The work is, in fact, listed at the foot of this page but not as a Schenck work.
Because I do not think that it is.
Now providing an
index of this artist's works is not easy because of the language issue. So I will try to list each name
that a visitor might know mainly in the English or French
language.
While the main Index is mainly in English, if my wording is correct a
non English-speaking visitor should be able to find whatever they are seeking, if,
that is, anything about it is on site. If YOU could add any data
to this list
or help in any way, do drop me a line. If we
can establish a few
more years for the works we could rearrange the list in a time sequence.
I have put them in alphabetical sequence as best I can today.
The titles are a problem however. Because a number of them
seem likely not to be the true titles of the work but rather descriptive words of the
subject matter of the painting. And so many of the artist's works are so very
similar in subject. But we must do what we can.
INDEX
| # |
|
Title |
Year |
Site Image Page Ref. |
Original? |
| 1 |
|
A Bit of Auvergne, or
A Corner of Auvergne |
1877 |
|
Unknown |
| 2 |
 |
A drover with sheep in a landscape |
|
39
|
Unknown |
| 3 |
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After the Storm |
1869? |
29 |
Unknown. |
| |
|
Agony
- see 'Anguish' |
|
|
|
| 4 |
 |
A Herd of Goats in Distress |
|
29 |
Unknown |
| 5 |
 |
A musical interlude during the harvest |
|
34
|
Unknown |
| 6 |
 |
Anguish |
c1878 |
03 |
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
| 7 |
 |
A Private View |
1882 |
33 |
A
print, an e-Bay item in Jan. 2012 |
| 8 |
 |
A shepherd and his flock amongst heather |
|
27 |
At auction Mar. 07, 2006, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, but did not sell. |
| 9 |
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A shepherd and his flock caught in a driving snowstorm |
|
35
|
Unknown |
| 10 |
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A shepherd and his flock caught in a wintry squall - note the title does not seem to
match the image |
|
Gabrius image
|
Unknown. Image used to be at Gabrius Data Bank |
| 11 |
 |
A shepherd and his flock in a storm |
|
35
|
Unknown |
| 12 |
 |
A shepherdess with her flock |
|
37
|
Unknown |
| |
|
A
Stubble Field see 'In the Stubble Fields' |
|
|
|
| 13 |
 |
Au bord de la mer |
1864 |
25 |
Unknown |
| 14 |
|
Au pâturage |
1870 |
|
Sold June 19, 2005
(Item # 293) |
| 15 |
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Autour de l'auge |
c1868 |
22 |
Available at Lirolay.com
search for 'amand-durand' or 'Schenck' |
| 16 |
|
Bedenkliche Kritiker (in English perhaps 'Doubtful art critics') |
1882? |
33 |
A
print, an e-Bay item in May 2008 |
| 17 |
 |
Berger et moutons dans la neige |
|
14 |
Was offered for sale at a 'Tajan' sale in Paris in April 1999 |
| 18 |
|
Cattle |
|
|
Unknown |
| 19 |
|
Chacun pour soi |
|
Link
|
Unknown |
| 20 |
 |
Chèvres sur les sommets enneigés |
|
13 |
Unknown - Sold at auction in 1999 |
| 21 |
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Coastal Flock |
1865 |
13 |
Was
for Sale by Cincinnati Art Galleries, 225 East Sixth St., Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 22 |
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Cows in a mountain landscape |
|
34
|
Unknown |
| 23 |
|
Daims Dans La Neige |
1866 |
Text |
Musée des beaux-arts, Lille, France |
| 24 |
|
Dans les vallons |
1866 |
Text
|
Unknown |
| 25 |
|
Effet de neige |
|
|
Was at one time in an art gallery in Lille, France. Still? |
| 26 |
|
Fleurs de bruyère |
1876? |
|
Unknown |
| 27 |
|
Flocons de neige |
1876? |
|
Unknown |
| 28 |
|
Gathered in Snowstorm |
|
|
|
| 29 |
|
Geese |
1881 |
|
Unknown |
| 30 |
 |
Head
of a horse |
|
31 |
Unknown |
| 31 |
|
In the Dale |
|
|
|
| 32 |
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In the
Stubble Fields, or
In the Stubble-Fields |
1875 |
07 |
Unknown |
| 33 |
 |
La Meule du Voisin |
1878 |
21 |
A
private collector in Korea |
| 34 |
 |
L'
Échir |
1880 |
12 |
Ville de
Écouen, north of Paris, France |
| 35 |
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Le Coup de vent |
1875?
|
33
|
Unknown |
| 36 |
 |
Le Rapel (Souvenir de l'Auvergne) |
1884? |
10 |
Unknown |
| |
|
Le Reveil des
Moutons
- see 'The Awakening' |
|
|
|
| 37 |
 |
Le troupeau de moutons |
|
17 |
Unknown |
| 38 |
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Le troupeau de moutons surpris par la tempete de neige |
|
14 |
Was
offered for sale at a 'Tajan' sale in Paris in April 1999 |
| 39 |
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Les Moutons |
1864
|
36
|
Unknown |
| 40 |
 |
Lost, or
Lost in the Storm, or
Lost: Souvenir of Auvergne |
1873 |
06
|
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y. |
| 41 |
 |
Lost on the Mountain |
|
10 |
Unknown |
| 42 |
|
Moutons attaqués par des aigles |
|
|
Was at one time in an art gallery in Perigueux, France. Still? |
| 43 |
|
Moutons En Écosse |
|
|
Sold on Dec. 04, 2004 by Osenat Jean-Pierre of Fontainebleau,
France |
| 44 |
|
Moutons en pâturage en Bretagne. |
|
|
Was at one time in an art gallery in Bremen, Germany. |
| |
|
Perdus - see 'Lost' |
|
|
|
| 45 |
 |
Playing in the Snow |
|
19 |
Sold
at auction in 1999
by Sotheby's, London |
| |
|
Repose on the Sea-shore or Repose on the Seashore - See 'Au bord de la mer' |
|
|
|
| 46 |
|
Return to the Park |
1877 |
|
Unknown |
| 47 |
 |
Sheep and Shepherd in Winterstorm |
|
09 |
Original sold via e-Bay on Jul. 31, 2003 |
| 48 |
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Schaefer mit seiner herde und hund in winterlandschaft |
|
Gabrius image
|
Unknown. Image used to be at Gabrius Data Bank |
| |
|
Schafe im Schneesturm - see 'Sheep in a Blizzard (1)' |
|
|
|
| 49 |
|
Sheep |
|
|
Unknown |
| 50 |
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Sheep and lambs on a hillside |
|
38 |
Sold?
At
a 'Tennants' auction in 2007 |
| 51 |
 |
Sheep in a Blizzard (1) |
c1850 |
15 |
Unknown |
| 52 |
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Sheep in a Blizzard (2) |
|
35
|
Unknown |
| 53 |
 |
Sheep in a snowstorm |
|
35
|
Unknown |
| 54 |
|
Sheep in a Storm |
|
|
|
| 55 |
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Sheep in from the cold |
1868
|
34
|
Unknown |
| 56 |
|
Sheep in Snow-drift : Mountains of Auvergne, France. |
|
|
Unknown |
| 57 |
 |
Sheep in Snowstorm |
1876? |
26
|
A private owner in the U.S. |
| 58 |
|
Sheep in
the Pyrenees |
|
Text
|
|
| 59 |
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Sheep on a Snowy Mountain |
|
15 |
Sold at auction in 2003? |
| 60 |
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Shepherdess seated on rocks |
|
38 |
Sold?
At
a 'Tennants' auction in 2007 |
| |
|
Snowstorm in the Auvergne Mountains - see 'L'Echir' |
|
|
|
| 61 |
|
Snow-Storm in the Pyrenees |
|
|
Unknown |
| 62 |
|
Sur les montagnes |
1866 |
Text
|
Unknown |
63 |
 |
The Awakening |
1865 |
33
|
Musée des beaux-arts, Bordeaux, France |
| 64 |
 |
The Barn |
|
40
|
Unknown |
| 65 |
 |
The Blizzard |
|
35
|
Unknown |
| 66 |
 |
The Coming Storm |
|
21 |
Unknown |
| 67 |
|
The Flock |
|
Text |
Would be good to
even see it! |
| 68 |
|
The Last Hour |
|
Text |
Would be good to
see this work also! |
| |
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The Neighbouring Mill - See 'La Meule du Voisin' - if I am correct! |
|
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|
| |
|
The Neighbour's Haystack (webmaster's translation) See 'La Meule du Voisin' |
|
|
|
| 69 |
 |
The Orphan |
1889? |
03 |
Unknown |
| |
|
The Return to the Park - see 'Return to the Park' |
|
|
|
| 70 |
 |
The Shepherd with his Flock |
|
26 |
Sold Sep. 27, 2006 at Doyle New York auction |
| |
|
Un champ de chaume - see 'In the Stubble Fields' above |
|
|
|
| 71 |
|
Une réunion d'amis |
|
Link
|
Unknown |
| 72 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (1) |
|
11 |
A private owner in the U.S. |
| 73 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (2) |
|
11 |
I thought sold
at auction in Germany in Jun. 2005. But maybe not. Nor sold at an auction in Milan in 2006? |
| 74 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (4) |
|
12 |
Sold at auction in 2002 |
| 75 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (5) |
|
18 |
Was
available at the Charles Foley Gallery in Columbus, Ohio |
| 76 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (6) |
|
18 |
Sold at auction in 2005 |
| 77 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (7) |
|
19 |
Original sold via e-Bay on June 8, 2005 |
| 78 |
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Work of Unknown Title (8)
Artist sketch of goats |
|
20 |
Sold at auction in Boston, March 4, 2005 |
| 79 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (9) |
|
24 |
A private owner in
San Diego, California, U.S.A. |
| 80 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (10) |
|
24 |
Was
sold via e-Bay in October 2006. |
| 81 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (11) |
1880 |
27 |
Was
for
sale via e-Bay in October 2006. |
| 82 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (12) |
|
28 |
A private owner in the U.S. |
| 83 |
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Work of Unknown Title (13) |
|
28 |
A private owner in France. |
| 84 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (14) |
|
30 |
Sold
via e-Bay in August 2007 - to a private owner in the U.S. |
| 85 |
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Work of Unknown Title (15) |
|
30 |
Offered for sale in Nov. 2007 by
"Van Ham", of Cologne, Germany. |
| 86 |
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Work of Unknown Title (16) |
|
31 |
Unknown |
| 87 |
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Work of Unknown Title (17) |
|
32 |
For sale in Feb. 2008 by
Three Rivers of Washington, PA. |
| 88 |
 |
Work of Unknown Title (18) |
|
32 |
Auctioned at a sale in June 2001, in Germany, most probably. |
| 89 |
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Work of Unknown Title (19) |
|
41 |
Available for purchase as this page is updated in Jan. 2010. |
| 90 |
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Work of Unknown Title (20) |
|
41 |
Available for purchase as this page is updated in Jan. 2010. |
| 91 |
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Work of Unknown Title (21)
A portrait of a wolf. |
|
17 |
Available for purchase via e-Bay as this page is updated in Oct. 2010. |
ALSO INDEXED
| 92 |
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Found, or
Shepherd's Call |
|
08 |
Unknown |
| 93 |
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Other works attributed to Schenck |
|
16 |
Unknown |
It would seem that a work entitled "Sheep in a Snowstorm" was sold at an auction sale in New York,
held on March 26/27, 1902.
At the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery of
James P. Silo. Per a New York Times archive item.
The work was part of a collection owned by 'Prinz Brothers'. It sold at the time for $1,350 or maybe
for $1,300. But with the title alone,
it is impossible for the webmaster to identify today which exact work it, in
fact, was. There are so many with a similar title/description.
The webmaster only knows of this work from a New York Times Archive item. It would seem that a s`ale was conducted in New York, in very early March 1881,
of the art collection of S. A. Coale, Jr., of St. Louis. On March 2nd, 1881, on
the second day of the sale, a work by A. F. A. Schenck
was sold, described with these words:- 'Schenck's magnificent "Sheep on the
Pyrenees" representing sheep seeking shelter from a snow storm, received a
hearty welcome when put up, and was sold for $1,850.00. A considerable sum of
money in 1881, - the 4th highest price attained in the sale. But we have no
image of it!
To the Schenck Data Pages
01,
02
&
04.
Page
05 is an
image index page.
To the Schenck
Slider Puzzle Page
& to the
Special Pages Index.
If YOU could help in advancing this page in any way, however small, do please contact
the webmaster.
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THE WORDS OF EMILE ZOLA A WWW page, available
here, sets out in French the words of
Emile Zola, written re the Paris Salon of 1866. Chapter XXI, about 2/3 down the page. What follows is, at left, the text of Emile
Zola's words in French, and beside
that text, the
webmaster's probably poor effort at a translation into English. Done using WWW translation sites. In both cases with the artwork titles
placed in bold text by the webmaster. Corrections in the translation would be
welcomed.
For reasons I cannot explain, the
French text is not now displaying correctly (the accents) on my computer screen. Hopefully it does
display correctly on yours.
Il y a quelque temps, nous
allions visiter avec quelques amis le château d'Écouen, curieux de voir une des
oeuvres les plus renommées de cette architecture renaissance que nous avions
admirée sur parole dés notre première jeunesse. Avant l'heure où devait s'ouvrir
le château, devenu maison d'éducation pour les jeunes filles de la Légion d'honneur, nous fûmes introduit
dans l'atelier d'un artiste qui nous était
inconnu autrement que de réputation: M. Schenck. On voyait là des
études d'animaux, saisissantes par la naiveté de l'observation et l'énergie du
caractère, plus deux tableaux dont l'un représentait une troupe de chevreuils,
Sur les montagnes, - c'est le titre, - et l'autre un troupeau de moutons à haute
laine, Dans les vallons. L'absence du peintre nous eût permis de critiquer a
notre aise; mais nous n'avions que du bien à penser et à dire de ses toiles.
Cependant, au sortir de l'atelier, je me disais à moi (50) même: Il est possible
que ce qui nous paraît être si vrai n e soit qu'une heureuse vraisemblance. Pour apprécier, dans une peinture d'animaux, la justesse des proportions, les
allures, les physionomies, les toisons, les pelages, les menus accidents de
lainé emmêlée ou de laine crottée, il serait bon d'avoir la nature sous les yeux. Au moment où cette réflexion nous venait, on poussa devant nous la
clôture d'une étable où M. Schenck nourrit quelques-uns
de ses modèles. C'était une rude épreuve qu'un tel rapprochement pour l'oeuvre
du peintre: il en triompha. Le spectacle de l'étable était la contre-épreuve du
tableau.
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Some
time ago, we were going to visit with some friends the castle of Écouen, curious
to see what we have understood since childhood to be one of the most renowned examples of renaissance architecture.
Before the chateau opened, we had the opportunity to visit the studio of an artist known to us only by
reputation: Mr. Schenck. We saw there two animal studies, and were amazed by the charming simplicity
and energy of composition of two oil paintings one of which represented a
herd of
roe deer, 'On the mountains', - is its title, - and the other a herd of sheep
with long wool, entitled 'In the small valleys'. The
absence of the painter had enabled us to critique the works at our leisure; but we had only
good things to say about them. On leaving the studio I
thought to myself that to paint animals in that way, with such accuracy of proportion,
and with the detail of the fleeces so perfectly
rendered one would need to paint from real nature. When this thought came to us, an animal pushed aside the fence of a cattle shed
where Mr. Schenck maintains some of his models. The works were hard tests
of the skill of the painter, but he succeeded brilliantly. The setting of the cattle shed was the counterpoint of the painting.
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