Portrait of Monsieur Pool

Portrait of Monsieur Pool
Portrait of Monsieur Pool
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Artist
nationality
French
birth-death
1846-1890
Creation date
Collection
European
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.
Currently On View
Location
Robert H. & Ina M. Mohlman Gallery
Credit line
Susan Keckler Mallinson Art Purchase Fund
Accession number
2002.77
Provenance

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Provenance Research is on-going at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and information will be added to this record as research is completed. Please contact Annette Schlagenhauff, Assoc. Curator of Research, at aschlagenhauff@imamuseum.org with any questions.
Gallery Label

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This likeness of French officer Laurent Bernard Pool is one of the earliest examples of Neo-Impressionist portraiture. The artist was his friend and fellow soldier--a self-taught painter who created only a few works in the style before dying prematurely of smallpox.

Dubois-Pillet lavished great detail on Pool's facial features, rigid posture and impeccable uniform. He wears the cross of the Legion of Honor. Pool's receipt of the award in 1886 may have been the impetus for the portrait.

The background is a Caucasian prayer rug from the artist's studio. Its intricate pattern presents a challenging use of the dotted brushwork of Neo-Impressionism.

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