Lise Tréhot: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
format table for internal anchor use; add anchors. These links are intended for this article only; linkout is located in table (if present). The table is intended to inform the reader about the context of each painting during this period
Line 40: Line 40:
}}
}}


'''Lise Tréhot''' (14 March 1848 – 12 March 1922) was a French [[Model (art)|art model]] who posed for artist [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] from 1866 until 1872, during his early Salon period. She appeared in more than twenty paintings, including notable works such as ''Lise With Umbrella'' (1867) and ''[[The Bohemian (Renoir painting)|In Summer]]'' (1868), and she was the model for almost all of Renoir's work featuring female figures at this time. Tréhot married Georges Briere de l'Isle in 1883 and raised four children to whom she bequeathed two of Renoir's paintings, ''Lise Sewing'' (1867–68) and ''Lise With a White Shawl'' (1872), both of which are currently held by the [[Dallas Museum of Art]].<ref name="jiminez">Collins, John (2013). "Tréhot, Lise." In Jill Berk Jiminez (ed). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8vxXAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA526#v=onepage&q&f=true Dictionary of Artists' Models]''. Routeledge. pp.526–528. ISBN 9781135959210. {{oclc|46944625}}.</ref><ref name="cooper1">Cooper, Douglas (May 1959). "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/872723 Renoir, Lise and the Le Cœur Family: A Study of Renoir's Early Development-1 Lise]." ''The Burlington Magazine'', 101 (674): 162–171. {{oclc|53397979}}. {{subscription required}}</ref>
'''Lise Tréhot''' (14 March 1848 – 12 March 1922) was a French [[Model (art)|art model]] who posed for artist [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] from 1866 until 1872, during his early Salon period. She appeared in more than twenty paintings, including notable works such as ''[[#Table row 11|Lise]]'' (1867) and ''[[#Table row 14|In Summer]]'' (1868), and she was the model for almost all of Renoir's work featuring female figures at this time. Tréhot married Georges Briere de l'Isle in 1883 and raised four children to whom she bequeathed two of Renoir's paintings, ''[[#Table row 8|Lise Sewing]]'' (1867–68) and ''[[#Table row 22|Lise With a White Shawl]]'' (1872), both of which are currently held by the [[Dallas Museum of Art]].<ref name="jiminez">Collins, John (2013). "Tréhot, Lise." In Jill Berk Jiminez (ed). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8vxXAQAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA526#v=onepage&q&f=true Dictionary of Artists' Models]''. Routeledge. pp.526–528. ISBN 9781135959210. {{oclc|46944625}}.</ref><ref name="cooper1">Cooper, Douglas (May 1959). "[http://www.jstor.org/stable/872723 Renoir, Lise and the Le Cœur Family: A Study of Renoir's Early Development-1 Lise]." ''The Burlington Magazine'', 101 (674): 162–171. {{oclc|53397979}}. {{subscription required}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Line 47: Line 47:
==Modeling period==
==Modeling period==


Tréhot began modeling for [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]] when she was about eighteen and he was twenty-five. Early paintings of Tréhot at this time include ''Lise in a Straw Hat'' (1866) and ''Lise Sewing'' (1867–68). Renoir painted a modern nude of Tréhot as ''Diana'' (1867), but it was rejected by the Salon of 1867. However, Renoir found critical success the next year with ''Lise'' (1867), also known as ''Lise With Umbrella'', which was well received at the Salon of 1868. Writing about the painting, art critic [[Zacharie Astruc]] described Tréhot as "the likeable Parisian girl in the woods", and as a working-class girl.<ref name="house"/> [[Émile Zola]] compared her to [[Claude Monet|Monet's]] model and later wife [[Camille Doncieux]].<ref name="jiminez"/>
Tréhot began modeling for [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir|Renoir]] when she was about eighteen and he was twenty-five. Early paintings of Tréhot at this time include ''[[#Table row 1|Lise in a Straw Hat]]'' (1866) and ''[[#Table row 8|Lise Sewing]]'' (1867–68) . Renoir painted a modern nude of Tréhot as ''[[#Table row 9|Diana]]'' (1867), but it was rejected by the Salon of 1867. However, Renoir found critical success the next year with ''[[#Table row 11|Lise]]'' (1867), also known as ''Lise With Umbrella'', which was well received at the Salon of 1868. Writing about the painting, art critic [[Zacharie Astruc]] described Tréhot as "the likeable Parisian girl in the woods", and as a working-class girl.<ref name="house"/> [[Émile Zola]] compared her to [[Claude Monet|Monet's]] model and later wife [[Camille Doncieux]].<ref name="jiminez"/>


At the Salon of 1869, Tréhot appeared in a work named [[The Bohemian (Renoir painting)|''The Bohemian'', or ''In Summer'']] (1868), dressed casually in a loose blouse falling off her shoulders. John Collins notes that Tréhot's "dark, heavy-set and expressionless features" worked well in such portraits, but were less successful in more formal, costume-oriented paintings such as ''The Engaged Couple'' (1868), where she poses with artist [[Alfred Sisley]]. In total, Tréhot appeared in more than twenty paintings by Renoir during his early Salon period from approximately 1866 until 1872.<ref name="jiminez"/><ref name="house"/> According to art historian John House, "Lise was the model for virtually all of Renoir's female figures at this time".<ref name="house2">House, John (1997). ''Pierre-Auguste Renoir: La Promenade''. Getty Publications. pp. 14, 81. ISBN 9780892363650. {{oclc|37109128}}.</ref>
At the Salon of 1869, Tréhot appeared in a work named ''[[#Table row 14|In Summer]]'' (1868), dressed casually in a loose blouse falling off her shoulders. John Collins notes that Tréhot's "dark, heavy-set and expressionless features" worked well in such portraits, but were less successful in more formal, costume-oriented paintings such as ''[[#Table row 13|The Engaged Couple]]'' (1868), where she poses with artist [[Alfred Sisley]]. In total, Tréhot appeared in more than twenty paintings by Renoir during his early Salon period from approximately 1866 until 1872.<ref name="jiminez"/><ref name="house"/> According to art historian John House, "Lise was the model for virtually all of Renoir's female figures at this time".<ref name="house2">House, John (1997). ''Pierre-Auguste Renoir: La Promenade''. Getty Publications. pp. 14, 81. ISBN 9780892363650. {{oclc|37109128}}.</ref>


Although little is known about the exact nature of Tréhot's relationship with Renoir while she was modeling; she is said to have given birth to a baby boy named Pierre on 14 December 1868, but it is unclear what became of him and he may have died as an infant. On 21 July 1870, Tréhot gave birth to a baby girl named Jeanne (d. 1934) who was given to a wet nurse to raise as her own. Renoir continued to secretly support Jeanne financially until he died (and after his death with the help of [[Ambroise Vollard]]), but never publicly or legally acknowledged that she was his daughter during his lifetime.<ref name="distel">Distel, Anne (2010). ''Renoir''. Abbeville Press. pp. 70–74. ISBN 978-0789210579. {{oclc|435419243}}.</ref><ref name="house"/><ref>Rainbow, Rebecca (ed). (2006). ''Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde''. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 146, 149. ISBN 978-1588391957. {{oclc|185422996}}.</ref>
Although little is known about the exact nature of Tréhot's relationship with Renoir while she was modeling; she is said to have given birth to a baby boy named Pierre on 14 December 1868, but it is unclear what became of him and he may have died as an infant. On 21 July 1870, Tréhot gave birth to a baby girl named Jeanne (d. 1934) who was given to a wet nurse to raise as her own. Renoir continued to secretly support Jeanne financially until he died (and after his death with the help of [[Ambroise Vollard]]), but never publicly or legally acknowledged that she was his daughter during his lifetime.<ref name="distel">Distel, Anne (2010). ''Renoir''. Abbeville Press. pp. 70–74. ISBN 978-0789210579. {{oclc|435419243}}.</ref><ref name="house"/><ref>Rainbow, Rebecca (ed). (2006). ''Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde''. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 146, 149. ISBN 978-1588391957. {{oclc|185422996}}.</ref>
Line 57: Line 57:
==Later life==
==Later life==


In 1883, more than a decade after Tréhot stopped modeling for Renoir, she married architect Georges Briere de l'Isle (1847–1902) and raised two sons and two daughters.<ref name=house/> She bequeathed two of Renoir's paintings, ''Lise Sewing'' (1867–68) and ''Lise With a White Shawl'' (1872), to her children. It is said that she destroyed many of her personal papers related to her time modeling for Renoir. Tréhot died in Paris on 12 March 1922, at the age of 73. She is buried in the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]].<ref name="cooper1"/>
In 1883, more than a decade after Tréhot stopped modeling for Renoir, she married architect Georges Briere de l'Isle (1847–1902) and raised two sons and two daughters.<ref name=house/> She bequeathed two of Renoir's paintings, ''Lise Sewing'' (1867–68) and ''[[#Table row 22|Lise With a White Shawl]]'' (1872), to her children. It is said that she destroyed many of her personal papers related to her time modeling for Renoir. Tréhot died in Paris on 12 March 1922, at the age of 73. She is buried in the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]].<ref name="cooper1"/>


==Selected works as model==
==Selected works as model==
Tréhot's list of selected works includes at least twenty-four paintings, twenty-two of which were painted by Renoir while two are by [[Frédéric Bazille]] (1841–1870). It is thought that Tréhot may have posed for as many as twenty-three works for Renoir,<ref name="jiminez"/> but only once for Bazille; Renoir's ''Landscape with Two People'' (1866), in which she appeared, has either been lost or destroyed, but is believed to have been preserved as a painting within a painting in ''Bazille's Studio'' (1870). Bazille's work is the only known surviving image of the painting. Tréhot is believed to have posed for ''La Toilette'' (1869–70), another work by Bazille.<ref name=house/><ref name="tinterow"/>
Tréhot's list of selected works includes at least twenty-four paintings, twenty-two of which were painted by Renoir while two are by [[Frédéric Bazille]] (1841–1870). It is thought that Tréhot may have posed for as many as twenty-three works for Renoir,<ref name="jiminez"/> but only once for Bazille; Renoir's ''Landscape with Two People'' (1866), in which she appeared, has either been lost or destroyed, but is believed to have been preserved as a painting within a painting in ''[[#Table row 7|Bazille's Studio]]'' (1870). Bazille's work is the only known surviving image of the painting. Tréhot is believed to have posed for ''[[#Table row 16|La Toilette]]'' (1869–70), another work by Bazille.<ref name=house/><ref name="tinterow"/>


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! style="width:50px"| Year !! class="unsortable"| Image !! style="width:200px" | Title !! style="width:95px" |Type !! style="width:100px" |Dimensions !! Gallery !! Notes
! style="width:50px"| Year !! class="unsortable"| Image !! style="width:200px" | Title !! style="width:95px" |Type !! style="width:100px" |Dimensions !! Gallery !! Notes
|- id="Table row 1"
|-
| 1866
| 1866
| [[File:Renoir Lise in a Straw Hat.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Renoir Lise in a Straw Hat.jpg|90px]]
Line 73: Line 73:
| [[Barnes Foundation]]
| [[Barnes Foundation]]
| <ref name=house/><ref name="barnes">Lucy, Martha. John House (2012). ''Renoir in the Barnes Foundation''. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300151008. {{oclc|742017633}}.</ref>
| <ref name=house/><ref name="barnes">Lucy, Martha. John House (2012). ''Renoir in the Barnes Foundation''. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300151008. {{oclc|742017633}}.</ref>
|- id="Table row 2"
|-
| 1866
| 1866
| [[File:Standing Young Woman.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Standing Young Woman.jpg|90px]]
Line 81: Line 81:
| Private collection
| Private collection
| <ref name="daub"/>
| <ref name="daub"/>
|- id="Table row 3"
|-
| 1866
| 1866
| [[File:Young Woman Seated in the Countryside.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Young Woman Seated in the Countryside.jpg|90px]]
Line 89: Line 89:
| Private collection
| Private collection
| <ref name="daub">As cited on [[Christie's]] website: Dauberville, G.-P. Michel Dauberville (2007). ''Renoir: Catalogue Raisonné des Tableaux, Pastels, Dessins et Aquarelles''. Volume I. p. 390. ISBN 9782916873008. {{oclc|297153894}}.</ref>
| <ref name="daub">As cited on [[Christie's]] website: Dauberville, G.-P. Michel Dauberville (2007). ''Renoir: Catalogue Raisonné des Tableaux, Pastels, Dessins et Aquarelles''. Volume I. p. 390. ISBN 9782916873008. {{oclc|297153894}}.</ref>
|- id="Table row 4"
|-
| 1866
| 1866
| [[File:Woman Standing by a Tree.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Woman Standing by a Tree.jpg|90px]]
Line 97: Line 97:
| National Gallery of Art
| National Gallery of Art
| <ref name="coman"/>
| <ref name="coman"/>
|- id="Table row 5"
|-
| 1866
| 1866
| [[File:Woman by a Fence.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Woman by a Fence.jpg|90px]]
Line 105: Line 105:
| [[National Gallery of Art]]
| [[National Gallery of Art]]
| <ref name="coman">Coman, Florence E. (2004). ''Impressionism, An Intimate View: Small French Paintings in the National Gallery of Art''. National Gallery of Art. p. 30. ISBN 978-1904832034. {{oclc|55016362}}.</ref>
| <ref name="coman">Coman, Florence E. (2004). ''Impressionism, An Intimate View: Small French Paintings in the National Gallery of Art''. National Gallery of Art. p. 30. ISBN 978-1904832034. {{oclc|55016362}}.</ref>
|- id="Table row 6"
|-
| 1866
| 1866
| [[File:Woman in a Park.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Woman in a Park.jpg|90px]]
Line 113: Line 113:
| National Gallery of Art
| National Gallery of Art
| <ref name="coman"/>
| <ref name="coman"/>
|- id="Table row 7"
|-
| 1866
| 1866
|[[File:Landscape with two people.jpg|90px]]
|[[File:Landscape with two people.jpg|90px]]
Line 121: Line 121:
| Lost or destroyed. The image here is a closeup of Renoir's painting displayed within Bazille's painting, ''[[:File:Frédéric Bazille - Bazille's Studio - Google Art Project.jpg|Bazille's Studio]]'' (1870).
| Lost or destroyed. The image here is a closeup of Renoir's painting displayed within Bazille's painting, ''[[:File:Frédéric Bazille - Bazille's Studio - Google Art Project.jpg|Bazille's Studio]]'' (1870).
| <ref name=house/>
| <ref name=house/>
|- id="Table row 8"
|-
| 1867–68
| 1867–68
| [[File:Lise Sewing - 1866.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Lise Sewing - 1866.jpg|90px]]
Line 129: Line 129:
| [[Dallas Museum of Art]]
| [[Dallas Museum of Art]]
| <ref name=house/>
| <ref name=house/>
|- id="Table row 9"
|-
| 1867
| 1867
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 020.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 020.jpg|90px]]
Line 137: Line 137:
| National Gallery of Art
| National Gallery of Art
| <ref name="coman"/>
| <ref name="coman"/>
|- id="Table row 10"
|-
| 1867
| 1867
| [[File:Portrait de Lise (Lise tenant un bouquet de fleurs des champs) - Pierre-Auguste Renoir.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Portrait de Lise (Lise tenant un bouquet de fleurs des champs) - Pierre-Auguste Renoir.jpg|90px]]
Line 145: Line 145:
| Private collection
| Private collection
| <ref name="jiminez"/>
| <ref name="jiminez"/>
|- id="Table row 11"
|-
| 1867
| 1867
| [[File:Renoir Lise With Umbrella.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Renoir Lise With Umbrella.jpg|90px]]
Line 153: Line 153:
| [[Museum Folkwang]]
| [[Museum Folkwang]]
| <ref name=house/>
| <ref name=house/>
|- id="Table row 12"
|-
| 1868
| 1868
| [[File:Renoir Femme dans un jardin.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Renoir Femme dans un jardin.jpg|90px]]
Line 161: Line 161:
| [[Kunstmuseum Basel]]
| [[Kunstmuseum Basel]]
| <ref name="bott">Bott, Gian Casper (2004). ''Kunstmuseum Basel''. Foundation BNP Paribas Switzerland in cooperation with the Swiss Institute for Art Research. p. 41. ISBN 9783908196303. {{oclc|609181786}}.</ref>
| <ref name="bott">Bott, Gian Casper (2004). ''Kunstmuseum Basel''. Foundation BNP Paribas Switzerland in cooperation with the Swiss Institute for Art Research. p. 41. ISBN 9783908196303. {{oclc|609181786}}.</ref>
|- id="Table row 13"
|-
| 1868
| 1868
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 108.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 108.jpg|90px]]
Line 169: Line 169:
| [[Wallraf-Richartz Museum]]
| [[Wallraf-Richartz Museum]]
| <ref name=house/>
| <ref name=house/>
|- id="Table row 14"
|-
| 1868
| 1868
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Summertime.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Summertime.jpg|90px]]
Line 177: Line 177:
| [[Alte Nationalgalerie]]
| [[Alte Nationalgalerie]]
| <ref name=house/>
| <ref name=house/>
|- id="Table row 15"
|-
| 1869–70
| 1869–70
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 086.jpg|145px]]<!--low aspect ratio image-->
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir 086.jpg|145px]]<!--low aspect ratio image-->
Line 185: Line 185:
| National Gallery of Art
| National Gallery of Art
| <ref name="coman"/>
| <ref name="coman"/>
|- id="Table row 16"
|-
| 1869–70
| 1869–70
| [[File:Bazille, Frédéric ~ La Toilette, 1869-70, Oil on canvas Musee Fabre, Montpelier.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Bazille, Frédéric ~ La Toilette, 1869-70, Oil on canvas Musee Fabre, Montpelier.jpg|90px]]
Line 193: Line 193:
| [[Musée Fabre]]
| [[Musée Fabre]]
| <ref name="tinterow">Tinterow, Gary. Henri Loyrette (1994). ''Origins of Impressionism''. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 337. ISBN 9780870997174. {{oclc|30623473}}.</ref>
| <ref name="tinterow">Tinterow, Gary. Henri Loyrette (1994). ''Origins of Impressionism''. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 337. ISBN 9780870997174. {{oclc|30623473}}.</ref>
|- id="Table row 17"
|-
| 1870
| 1870
| [[File:Renoir - Banhista com Cão Grifon.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Renoir - Banhista com Cão Grifon.jpg|90px]]
Line 201: Line 201:
| [[São Paulo Museum of Art]]
| [[São Paulo Museum of Art]]
| <ref name=house/>
| <ref name=house/>
|- id="Table row 18"
|-
| 1870
| 1870
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Odalisque.jpg|145px]]<!--low aspect ratio image-->
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Odalisque.jpg|145px]]<!--low aspect ratio image-->
Line 209: Line 209:
| National Gallery of Art
| National Gallery of Art
| <ref name="coman"/>
| <ref name="coman"/>
|- id="Table row 19"
|-
| 1870
| 1870
| [[File:Young Woman in a Boat.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Young Woman in a Boat.jpg|90px]]
Line 217: Line 217:
| Private collection
| Private collection
| <ref name="cooper3">As cited in Cooper (May 1959): Vollard, A. (1918). ''Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tableaux, pastels et dessins''. Volume I, no. 19, p. 5. "La Barque".</ref>
| <ref name="cooper3">As cited in Cooper (May 1959): Vollard, A. (1918). ''Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tableaux, pastels et dessins''. Volume I, no. 19, p. 5. "La Barque".</ref>
|- id="Table row 20"
|-
| 1870
| 1870
| [[File:Pierre Auguste Renoir - La Promenade.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Pierre Auguste Renoir - La Promenade.jpg|90px]]
Line 225: Line 225:
| [[Getty Center]]
| [[Getty Center]]
| <ref name="house2"/>
| <ref name="house2"/>
|- id="Table row 21"
|-
| 1871
| 1871
| [[File:Renoir woman with a parrot 1871.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Renoir woman with a parrot 1871.jpg|90px]]
Line 233: Line 233:
| [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]]
| [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]]
| <ref name="jiminez"/>
| <ref name="jiminez"/>
|- id="Table row 22"
|-
| 1871–72
| 1871–72
| [[File:Renoir Lise in a White Shawl.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Renoir Lise in a White Shawl.jpg|90px]]
Line 241: Line 241:
| Dallas Museum of Art
| Dallas Museum of Art
| <ref name="house"/>
| <ref name="house"/>
|- id="Table row 23"
|-
| 1872
| 1872
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Femme à l'ombrelle assise dans le jardin (1872).jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Femme à l'ombrelle assise dans le jardin (1872).jpg|90px]]
Line 249: Line 249:
| Private collection
| Private collection
| <ref name="strieter">Strieter, Terry W. (1999). ''Nineteenth-century European Art: A Topical Dictionary''. Greenwood Press. pp.247–248. ISBN 978-0-313-29898-1. {{oclc|185705650}}.</ref>
| <ref name="strieter">Strieter, Terry W. (1999). ''Nineteenth-century European Art: A Topical Dictionary''. Greenwood Press. pp.247–248. ISBN 978-0-313-29898-1. {{oclc|185705650}}.</ref>
|- id="Table row 24"
|-
| 1872
| 1872
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Parisiennes in Algerian Costume or Harem - Google Art Project.jpg|90px]]
| [[File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Parisiennes in Algerian Costume or Harem - Google Art Project.jpg|90px]]

Revision as of 02:29, 26 July 2015

Lise Tréhot
Lise in 1864
Born(1848-03-14)14 March 1848
Died12 March 1922(1922-03-12) (aged 73)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Art model, dressmaker
Years active1866–1872
Known forModeling for Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Lise Tréhot (14 March 1848 – 12 March 1922) was a French art model who posed for artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir from 1866 until 1872, during his early Salon period. She appeared in more than twenty paintings, including notable works such as Lise (1867) and In Summer (1868), and she was the model for almost all of Renoir's work featuring female figures at this time. Tréhot married Georges Briere de l'Isle in 1883 and raised four children to whom she bequeathed two of Renoir's paintings, Lise Sewing (1867–68) and Lise With a White Shawl (1872), both of which are currently held by the Dallas Museum of Art.[1][2]

Early life

Lise Tréhot was born in Ecquevilly, Seine-et-Oise, France, on 14 March 1848, to Louis Tréhot and Amelie Elisabeth Boudin. Her father was the postmaster of the town until the mid-1850s, after which he moved the entire family to Paris where he sold lemonade and tobacco. She was the fourth in a family of six children, including three brothers and two sisters. A document from this time describes Tréhot's profession as a dressmaker. Clémence Tréhot, her older sister, was the lover of artist Jules Le Coeur, who later introduced her to Renoir at his house in Marlotte, possibly in June 1865.[2][3][4][5]

Modeling period

Tréhot began modeling for Renoir when she was about eighteen and he was twenty-five. Early paintings of Tréhot at this time include Lise in a Straw Hat (1866) and Lise Sewing (1867–68) . Renoir painted a modern nude of Tréhot as Diana (1867), but it was rejected by the Salon of 1867. However, Renoir found critical success the next year with Lise (1867), also known as Lise With Umbrella, which was well received at the Salon of 1868. Writing about the painting, art critic Zacharie Astruc described Tréhot as "the likeable Parisian girl in the woods", and as a working-class girl.[5] Émile Zola compared her to Monet's model and later wife Camille Doncieux.[1]

At the Salon of 1869, Tréhot appeared in a work named In Summer (1868), dressed casually in a loose blouse falling off her shoulders. John Collins notes that Tréhot's "dark, heavy-set and expressionless features" worked well in such portraits, but were less successful in more formal, costume-oriented paintings such as The Engaged Couple (1868), where she poses with artist Alfred Sisley. In total, Tréhot appeared in more than twenty paintings by Renoir during his early Salon period from approximately 1866 until 1872.[1][5] According to art historian John House, "Lise was the model for virtually all of Renoir's female figures at this time".[6]

Although little is known about the exact nature of Tréhot's relationship with Renoir while she was modeling; she is said to have given birth to a baby boy named Pierre on 14 December 1868, but it is unclear what became of him and he may have died as an infant. On 21 July 1870, Tréhot gave birth to a baby girl named Jeanne (d. 1934) who was given to a wet nurse to raise as her own. Renoir continued to secretly support Jeanne financially until he died (and after his death with the help of Ambroise Vollard), but never publicly or legally acknowledged that she was his daughter during his lifetime.[4][5][7]

For unknown reasons, Tréhot stopped modeling for Renoir after 1872; it was said that she never spoke to or saw him again. Although Tréhot was an important part of Renoir's early career, he never mentioned her in any published interviews, memoirs, or biographies.[1][5]

Later life

In 1883, more than a decade after Tréhot stopped modeling for Renoir, she married architect Georges Briere de l'Isle (1847–1902) and raised two sons and two daughters.[5] She bequeathed two of Renoir's paintings, Lise Sewing (1867–68) and Lise With a White Shawl (1872), to her children. It is said that she destroyed many of her personal papers related to her time modeling for Renoir. Tréhot died in Paris on 12 March 1922, at the age of 73. She is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.[2]

Selected works as model

Tréhot's list of selected works includes at least twenty-four paintings, twenty-two of which were painted by Renoir while two are by Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870). It is thought that Tréhot may have posed for as many as twenty-three works for Renoir,[1] but only once for Bazille; Renoir's Landscape with Two People (1866), in which she appeared, has either been lost or destroyed, but is believed to have been preserved as a painting within a painting in Bazille's Studio (1870). Bazille's work is the only known surviving image of the painting. Tréhot is believed to have posed for La Toilette (1869–70), another work by Bazille.[5][8]

Year Image Title Type Dimensions Gallery Notes
1866 Lise in a Straw Hat
(Jeune fille au chapeau de paille)
Oil on canvas 47 x 38.4 cm Barnes Foundation [5][9]
1866 Standing Young Woman Oil on canvas 24.5 x 14 cm Private collection [10]
1866 Young Woman Seated in the Countryside Oil on canvas 24.5 x 14 cm Private collection [10]
1866 Woman Standing by a Tree Oil on canvas 25.2 x 15.9 cm National Gallery of Art [11]
1866 Woman by a Fence Oil on canvas 25 x 16.1 cm National Gallery of Art [11]
1866 Woman in a Park Oil on canvas 26.1 x 16.1 cm National Gallery of Art [11]
1866 Landscape with Two People (Paysage avec deux personnages) Oil on canvas Unknown Lost or destroyed. The image here is a closeup of Renoir's painting displayed within Bazille's painting, Bazille's Studio (1870). [5]
1867–68 Lise Sewing Oil on canvas 55.9 x 45.7 cm Dallas Museum of Art [5]
1867 Diana Oil on canvas 197 × 132 cm National Gallery of Art [11]
1867 Portrait of Lise (Lise holding a bouquet of wild flowers) Oil on canvas 65.2 × 50.3 cm Private collection [1]
1867 Lise (Lise With Umbrella) Oil on canvas 184 × 115 cm Museum Folkwang [5]
1868 Woman in a Garden Oil on canvas 105.5 x 73.4 cm Kunstmuseum Basel [12]
1868 The Engaged Couple Oil on canvas 105 × 75 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum [5]
1868 In Summer: Study (Gypsy) Oil on canvas 85 x 59 cm Alte Nationalgalerie [5]
1869–70 A Nymph by a Stream Oil on canvas 66.5 × 124 cm National Gallery of Art [11]
1869–70 La Toilette Oil on canvas 132 x 127 cm Musée Fabre [8]
1870 Bather with a Griffon Oil on canvas 184 × 115 cm São Paulo Museum of Art [5]
1870 Woman of Algiers (Odalisque) Oil on canvas 69.2 × 122.6 cm National Gallery of Art [11]
1870 Young Woman in a Boat Oil on canvas 29.5 x 33.2 cm Private collection [13]
1870 La Promenade Oil on canvas 81.3 × 65 cm Getty Center [6]
1871 Woman with a Parrot Oil on canvas 92.1 × 65.1 cm Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum [1]
1871–72 Lise in a White Shawl Oil on canvas 56 x 46 cm Dallas Museum of Art [5]
1872 Woman with Parasol Seated in the Garden Oil on canvas 46 × 37.9 cm Private collection [14]
1872 Parisian Women in Algerian Costume (The Harem) Oil on canvas 156 cm × 129 cm National Museum of Western Art [11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Collins, John (2013). "Tréhot, Lise." In Jill Berk Jiminez (ed). Dictionary of Artists' Models. Routeledge. pp.526–528. ISBN 9781135959210. OCLC 46944625.
  2. ^ a b c Cooper, Douglas (May 1959). "Renoir, Lise and the Le Cœur Family: A Study of Renoir's Early Development-1 Lise." The Burlington Magazine, 101 (674): 162–171. OCLC 53397979. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Cooper, Douglas (Sept–Oct 1959). "Renoir, Lise and the Le Cœur Family: A Study of Renoir's Early Development-II: The Le Cœurs." The Burlington Magazine, 101 (678/679): 320, 322–329. OCLC 53397979. (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Distel, Anne (2010). Renoir. Abbeville Press. pp. 70–74. ISBN 978-0789210579. OCLC 435419243.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o House, John. (2013). "The Many Faces of Lise Tréhot: Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Portraits of Parisiennes." In Heather MacDonald (ed.) Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the Dallas Museum of Art. The Richard R. Brettell Lecture Series. Yale University Press. pp. 25–36. ISBN 978-0-300-18757-1. OCLC 844731572.
  6. ^ a b House, John (1997). Pierre-Auguste Renoir: La Promenade. Getty Publications. pp. 14, 81. ISBN 9780892363650. OCLC 37109128.
  7. ^ Rainbow, Rebecca (ed). (2006). Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 146, 149. ISBN 978-1588391957. OCLC 185422996.
  8. ^ a b Tinterow, Gary. Henri Loyrette (1994). Origins of Impressionism. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 337. ISBN 9780870997174. OCLC 30623473.
  9. ^ Lucy, Martha. John House (2012). Renoir in the Barnes Foundation. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300151008. OCLC 742017633.
  10. ^ a b As cited on Christie's website: Dauberville, G.-P. Michel Dauberville (2007). Renoir: Catalogue Raisonné des Tableaux, Pastels, Dessins et Aquarelles. Volume I. p. 390. ISBN 9782916873008. OCLC 297153894.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Coman, Florence E. (2004). Impressionism, An Intimate View: Small French Paintings in the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art. p. 30. ISBN 978-1904832034. OCLC 55016362.
  12. ^ Bott, Gian Casper (2004). Kunstmuseum Basel. Foundation BNP Paribas Switzerland in cooperation with the Swiss Institute for Art Research. p. 41. ISBN 9783908196303. OCLC 609181786.
  13. ^ As cited in Cooper (May 1959): Vollard, A. (1918). Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Tableaux, pastels et dessins. Volume I, no. 19, p. 5. "La Barque".
  14. ^ Strieter, Terry W. (1999). Nineteenth-century European Art: A Topical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. pp.247–248. ISBN 978-0-313-29898-1. OCLC 185705650.

Further reading

  • Gélineau, Jean-Claude (2007). Jeanne Tréhot: La fille cachée de Pierre Auguste Renoir. Essoyes. ISBN 9782865500307. OCLC 181092138.

External links

Media related to Lise Tréhot at Wikimedia Commons

Template:Persondata