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Jean-Baptiste Joseph OliveA Still Life of Figs and Melonc.1880
c.1880
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Jean Baptiste Olive
This premiere piece shows his work and influence which he had with Antoine Vollon. It is in its museum quality gold leaf frame. The piece has been exhibited in many shows with the exhibition labels on the reverse testimony.
Artwork Size: 22 x 18" (56 x 46cm)
Artwork Size with Frame: 31 x 27" (79 x 69cm)
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French, 1848-1936
Jean-Baptiste Olive was undoubtedly one of the greatest masters of the Marseille school at the end of the 19th century, along with Paul Guigou and Adolphe Monticelli. The landscapes of Provence provided him with most of his subjects for seascapes and harbor views, but Olive also left us some beautiful still lifes. Thick subject matter, impressionistic lighting effects, and skillful staging characterize the art of this luminous painter, many of whose works are preserved in major museums.
Olive, the son of a wine merchant, was born in Marseille’s Saint-Martin neighbourhood. Étienne Cornellier, a decorator, encouraged him to register at École des beaux-arts de Marseille where he studied under the guidance of Joanny Rave. There he received several awards including, in 1871, the live model class’s first prize. While training as a decorator, he painted many scenes of Marseille, its Vieux-Port, its islands, and its seashore. In 1874 he travelled to Italy, mainly to Genoa and Venice. He occasionally participated in some of Provence’s exhibitions at the time.
In 1882 he relocated to Paris. He began his classical apprenticeship in the studio of Antoine Vollon where he learned to render the realism of still life. Whilst in Paris he contributed to the decoration of Cirque d’Hiver, Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and Exposition Universelle de 1889 (he was awarded a silver medal for the latter). From 1874 onward he exhibited repeatedly at Salon de Paris and was awarded several prizes there. In 1881 he became a member of Société des Artistes Français.
The painter lived between the capital and Marseille where he kept a studio on the Canebière. At the 1886 Salon, Jean Baptiste Olive won a medal for a landscape of Marseille. This marked the beginning of a great recognition of his painting marked by the bright light of the sun. In 1889, he executed decorations for the pavilions of the World Fair.
In 1900 he won an order by the company Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée for two paintings created as decoration for the Golden Room at Le Train Bleu (restaurant) designed by architect Marius Toudoire in the Paris-Gare de Lyon train station (both paintings can still be seen there).
In 1930, aged 82, he was awarded the Léon Bonnat prize.
In addition to Étienne Cornellier, his friends were painters Gustave Marius Jullien (1825-1881), Antoine Vollon, Robert Mols, Raymond Allègre and Théophile Décanis.
He was supported by several patrons, among them General Malesherbes and Marie-Louis Gassier, the owner of company Berger, a producer of pastis. In 1948, twelve years after his death, Marseille’s Musée Cantini dedicated an exhibition to his centenary, displaying eighty-two of his paintings.
- Creator:Jean-Baptiste Joseph Olive (1848 - 1936, French)
- Creation Year:c.1880
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition with exhibition labels on the reverse of the frame.
- Gallery Location:St. Albans, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2469212197432
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