French drawings from the 18th to the early 20th century
Katrin Bellinger began collecting in 1985 in parallel to her career as a dealer in Old Master drawings. Fascinated with the artistic process and the mystique surrounding it, she chose to focus on one theme: the artist at work. Since then the collection has expanded considerably and now includes over 1800 examples in a range of media – drawings, paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture – from the Renaissance to the present day.
At the 2024 Salon du Dessin, the Katrin Bellinger Collection will draw from one of its strengths and show a selection of French drawings dating from the eighteenth to early twentieth century.
The featured works will highlight the variety of ways in which artists have engaged with the creative process in their drawn views of studios and academies as well as in their self-portraits and likenesses of fellow artists.
Offering insights into this fascinating private collection, the display will include prime examples by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806), Hubert Robert (1733–1808), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), and Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), amongst others.
Rose-Marie GUILLAUME
A woman painter in the studio of the Académie Julian, Paris
Paris, 1890s (?)
Black chalk, watercolour, gouache
610 x 440 mm
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The collection is administered by the Tavolozza Foundation, a non-profit, charitable organisation founded in 2001 by Katrin Bellinger.
Named Tavolozza, the Italian word for palette, the Foundation offers support to projects focusing on the theme of the artist at work and on the field of works on paper, with the aim of keeping drawings and prints visible.
This includes providing funding for exhibitions and their catalogues, acquisitions, scholarly publications as well as special projects such as conferences and study days.
Louis de CARMONTELLE
Vivant Denon faisant le portrait du chevalier de Cossé
c.1775
Watercolour, black and red chalk
335 x 215 mm
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Emile FRIANT
Portrait de Jacques Majorelle (1886-1962)
1911
Black chalk
540 x 380 mm
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Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD
The inspiration of the artist
circa 1761-73
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
within pen and brown ink framing lines
230 x 349 mm
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Maurice ELIOT
Self-portrait
1887
Pastel
610 x 500 mm
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Fondation Tavolozza
Nikolausstr. 12, 82335 Berg, Deutschland/Germany
Tel. +49 1728417170
www.katrinbellingercollection.com
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