Here the Parisian painter Rafaëlli has portrayed a colourful figure from the harbour town of Honfleur, Alcazin the lifeguard. Vincent van Gogh greatly admired Rafaëlli's strong figure pieces. His brother Theo van Gogh organised an exhibition of Rafaëlli's work in Paris in 1890.

Specifications
Title | Father Alcazin |
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Material and technique | Oil on cardboard |
Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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Location | This object is in storage |
Dimensions |
Height 36 cm Width 31.3 cm |
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Artists |
Schilder:
Jean François Raffaëlli
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Accession number | VdV 63 |
Credits | Bruikleen / Loan: Stichting Willem van der Vorm 1972 |
Department | Modern Art |
Acquisition date | 1972 |
Age artist | Between 25 and 30 years old |
Collector | Collector / Willem van der Vorm |
Material | |
Object | |
Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Jean François Raffaëlli
Parijs 1850 - Parijs 1924
Jean-François Raffaëlli initially showed an interest in music and the theatre before he became a painter in 1870. In the same year, one of his landscapes was...
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