Henri Marius-Camille Bouvet
French, 1859–1945

Self-Portrait in the Studio, ca. 1900
oil on canvas
63 3⁄4 × 38 1⁄4 in.

Promised gift, Christine and Robert Emmons



Painting by Henry Marius Camille Bouvet, "Woman With Parasol", much like the one from the interior of his self-portrait.

SBMA CURATORIAL LABELS

Henri Bouvet presents himself at the age of 40 as a supremely confident painter at the height of fashion. He poses in his studio, a Japanese parasol hanging on the wall behind next to painted works-in-progress. Bouvet specialized in landscapes of the French countryside and coast, recorded at different times of the day with an “Impressionistic” sensitivity to light that was fashionable at the time. Academically trained in Lyon and Paris, Bouvet participated in the official art world in the French capital, exhibiting regularly at the official salons, joining the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and serving on the jury of the Salon des Artistes Français. He remained successful well into the 20th century, exhibiting internationally and joining high society in the Côte d’Azur and on the French Riviera in the 1920s.

- Ridley-Tree Gallery 2016