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In 1861, Armand Guillaumin met Pissarro and Cézanne while
studying at a private art school in Paris. The three would
become lifelong friends and colleagues, influencing each other
as their styles matured, with Guillaumin’s paintings served as
inspiration for several of Cézanne’s etchings.
Guillaumin joined the Impressionist’s for six or
their eight exhibitions, as well as the Salon des Refusés.
Parisian scenes punctuated with bright hues and waterways with
glistening reflections of light were Guillaumin’s favorite
subjects to depict. The Guillaumin harbor scene in the
collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, on view in the
next gallery, is a prime example of the artist’s handling of
sunlight on water.
Each new canvas makes me eager, not anxious; every hill, meadow, stream, offers to me a new opportunity.
Born in Paris.
Starts studying at the Académie Suisse. Meets Cézanne and Pissarro.
Exhibits at the Salon des Refusés.
Participates in six of the eight Impressionist exhibitions.
Becomes friends with Van Gogh and is influenced by his use of bold colors.
Wins a large sum in a state lottery and quits his government job to concentrate on painting full-time.
Is subject of a retrospective exhibition and gains critical appreciation.
Dies in Orly at age 86.
1. Self-Portrait (detail), about 1872–1874, oil on fabric. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin, 1980.266.
2. Snow, about 1890, oil on canvas. Private Collection.
3. The Bridge of the Archbishop and the Apse of Notre-Dame, about 1880, oil on canvas. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Carmen Thyssen Collection, Inv. no. CTB.1994.12.
4. The Quai d’Austerlitz, about 1877, oil on canvas. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Stephen W. Fess and Elaine Ewing Fess, 2008.374.