Louis Anquetin
French, 1861-1932
The Outsider
INV-1988
Louis Anquetin
French, 1861-1932c. 1895
The Outsider
Louis Anquetin French, 1861-1932 →prints and drawingdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1895
Medium
Brush and brown and blue washes, over conte´ crayon, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
39 × 54.5 cm (15 3/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Like his close friend Toulouse-Lautrec, Anquetin had a keen interest in racing. The two met in Paris, where they shared the same teachers, and their art often addressed similar themes. This composition was one of Anquetin’s most successful, made in several versions, including a painting and a color lithograph. Uniquely, however, the jockeys in this image wear plain jerseys. They cling to their horses, urging them onward, as the crowd jostles for a view. The spectators were probably meant to be city-dwellers; the setting is the Bois de Boulogne, a popular leisure destination on the outskirts of Paris.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
A Woman at the Élysée Montmartre (Femme à l’Élysée Montmartre)
Louis Anquetin (French, 1861–1932)
Hommage des artistes à Picquart
Lithographs by Pierre Émile Cornillier (French, 19th century); Lucien Perroudon (French, 19th century); Louis Anquetin (French, 1861–1932); Adolphe Ernest Gumery (French, 1861–1943) Herman René Georges Paul (French, 19th century); Maximilien Luce (French, 1858–1941); George Manzana-Pissarro (French, 1871–1961); Hippolyte Petitjean (French, 1854–1929); Louis Armand Rault (French, 19th century); Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862–1926); Joaquim Sunyer y Miró (Spanish, 1875–1956); and Félix Edouard Vallotton (French, born Switzerland, 1865–1925) published by Paul Brenet (French, 19th–20th centuries) and Félix Thureau (French, 19th–20th centuries) preface written by Octave Mirbeau (French, 1848–1917)
Barges at Auteuil
Gustave Leheutre French, 1861-1932
