Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Le concert champêtre, 1995

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Le concert champêtre

1995
Late period
42,0cm
x 56,7cm
paper
watercolour
Collection De Heus-Zomer, NL

CID

208

The fête champêtre, translating to ‘pastoral festival’ or ‘country feast,’ refers to a garden party, popular at the French court in the 18th century. It became the subject of a genre of paintings by the same name, that shows well-dressed individuals enjoying refreshments and entertainment in a pastoral landscape.

These paintings were sometimes also called ‘fête galante’ when depicting a graceful, usually aristocratic scene or ‘concert champêtre’ when depicting a musical scene, such as in Constant’s watercolour. Though Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) is often considered the inventor of the genre, Titian’s (attributed) Le Concert Champêtre, is often regarded as an early predecessor.

    English title

    Country Concert

    Signed/dated

    Signed and dated Constant '95, bottom right in green watercolor. Titled "Le concert champêtre", bottom right in green pencil

    Provenance

    1995 Constant
    1996 De Heus-Zomer, NL (Galerie Collection d'Art)
    Tags
    Animal
    Art
    Black
    Blue
    Brown
    Goat
    Green
    Grey
    Guitar
    Music
    Orange
    People
    Purple
    Red
    Yellow

    Frame dimensions

    65,7 x 80,8 x 3,5 cm
    Title Year Page Number
    Constant. Nueva Babilonia 2015 117
    Constant. New Babylon 2015 117
    Constant. L'atelier d'Amsterdam 2000 131 72

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