Charles Baugniet
Skating
1877-1887
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, 24-1/16 x 13-1/2 in. (61.1 x 34.3 cm.); Frame: 28-5/8 x 18-1/2 x 1-1/4 in. (72.7 x 47 x 10.8 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.45.21
Born in Brussels, Baugniet produces lithographic portraits first in his native Belgium and subsequently in England. In 1860, he settled in Paris where he achieved considerable success producing genre subjects and anecdotal works. From 1863, Lucas dealt regularly with the artist as he negotiated commissions on behalf of Samuel P. Avery of New York.
"Baugniet represents French women in the agreeable and ordinary but luxurious conditions of home-life in France - in curtained and perfumed boudoirs, in elegant saloons; he gratifies us but does not exalt us with such subjects; he appeals to our feelings of enjoyment and our taste of refinement. He is an accomplished painter of women of the world, of women who would resent a breach of taste in manners more than a breach of morals."
Eugene Benson, Art Journal, November 13, 1869
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute", October 12-November 21, 1965, cat. #21.
Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, "Jewelry and Finery", February 18-March 26, 1967, cat. #36.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909", January 28-March 11, 1979.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, "Jewelry and Finery", February 18-March 26, 1967, cat. #36.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, Art Agent 1860-1909", January 28-March 11, 1979.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art", October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006.
BMA, Baltimore, 'The George A. Lucas Collection of the Maryland Institute,' Oct. 12 - Nov. 21, 1965, cat. #21.
Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 'Jewelry and Finery,' Feb. 18 - Mar. 26, 1967, cat. #36.
Inscribed: FACE: LR, (brown paint) 'L. Baugniet'; VERSO, FRAME: TL, 'WAG/LUCAS/13.1979.27'; TR, 'BMA cat./1965/#21'. VERSO, PAINTING: TC, 'Succession GA. Lucas...116'; C, (ink on paper), '...11 Mai 1881/Cher Monsieur Lucas...J.Baugniet/.../...'; above letter, (printed label), 'BAUGNIET (Charles) Sevres/Pupil of Drolling,/...'
