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Chanticleer

Guy Pène du Bois (AKA Guy Pène du Bois), American, (January 14, 1884–July 18, 1958)

Creation date: 1922

Creation place: United States

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting

Medium and Support: Oil on canvas

Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds from the Helen M. Towle Bequest

Accession Number: 1936.15

Dimensions: 24 1/2 in. x 32 in. (62.23 cm x 81.28 cm)

Provenance

C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York, New York ( - November 13, 1936)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (November 13, 1936 - )

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Pène du Bois, active in New York during the opening decades of the twentieth century, fell under the influence of the artist Robert Henri (1865–1929). Pène du Bois responded affirmatively to Henri’s charge to seek creative stimulation from life and found inspiration in cafés, restaurants, concerts, and clubs. Pène du Bois’ work is often characterized by rounded figural forms. In certain compositions, like Chanticleer, distinctive features such as faces are less defined. While one rotund male is positioned in the corner, another male character struts across the room and cuts quite a figure. With a mustache and top hat, the elegant man appears to be in motion. His arms are held out from his body as he hits a full stride, and the tail of his coat hangs in the air. The bright red of the wall in the background adds a dramatic and startling feel to the composition.
Last Updated: 4/14/2014

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Some Contemporary American Paintings from Eastern States Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 6/28/1932 - 8/21/1932

Official Art Exhibition of the California Pacific International Exposition Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego , 2/12/1936 - 9/9/1936

untitled January 1942. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska. , 1/1/1942 - 00/00/00

American Art in the 1920s Walnut Creek Art Museum , 2/1/1968 - 3/1/1969

Guy Pène du Bois: Artist About Town Corcoran Museum of Art , 10/10/1980 - 5/10/1981

Guy Pene DuBois: The Twenties at Home and Abroad, no. 6 Corcoran Museum of Art , 10/10/1980 - 10/29/1995

Guy Pène du Bois: The Twenties at Home and Abroad Sordini Art Gallery , 5/21/1995 - 10/29/1995

Visions of America: Urban Realism, 1900-1945 Ohio Arts Council , 1/7/1996 - 8/18/1996

Idol of the Moderns: Pierre-August Renoir and American Painting San Diego Museum of Art , 6/29/2002 - 2/16/2003

Mimesis: Realismos Modernos, 1918–1945 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza , 10/11/2005 - 1/8/2006

Life's Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925 Detroit Institute of Arts , 8/2/2007 - 5/25/2008

Behold, America! Art of the United States from Three San Diego Museums The San Diego Museum of Art , 11/10/2012 - 2/10/2013

Ortra vez Modern and Contemporary The San Diego Museum of Art , 3/30/2013 - 7/14/2013

American: Art of the 20th Century San Diego Museum of Art , 1/18/2014 - 8/26/2014

Art of the 20th Century , 3/28/2015 - 8/16/2015

Art of the 20th Century San Diego Museum of Art , 7/23/2016 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Mr. Martin E. Petersen. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 175, Figure Number: 175

Mr. Reginald Poland. A Catalogue of European Paintings, 1300-1870 San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1947
Page Number: 11

The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego Catalogue: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1960
Page Number: 9

Illustrated Catalogue of the Official Art Exhibition of the San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1936
Page Number: 28, no. 294

Nannette V. Maciejunes and James Keny. Visons of America: Urban Realism, 1900-1945 INBA/The Butler Institute of American Art. México, D.F./Youngstown, Ohio, 1996
Page Number: 75, Figure Number: 54

Enrique Franco Calvo, ed. Visons of America: Urban Realism, 1900-1945 INBA/The Butler Institute of American Art. México, D.F./Youngstown, Ohio, 1996
Page Number: 108, no. 54

Some Contemporary American Paintings from Eastern States San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1932
Page Number: 6 no. 15

Betsy Fahlman. Guy Péne du Bois: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1980
Page Number: 25

Guy Péne du Bois: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1980
Page Number: 73, Figure Number: 29

Anne E. Dawson. Idol of the Moderns: San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2002
Page Number: 74 no. 35, 94, Figure Number: 35

Ann Landi. Art News Art News. New York, New York, May 2002
Page Number: 146, Figure Number: 146

Mr. D. Scott Atkinson. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 2003
Page Number: 195, Figure Number: 195

Guy Pène du Bois: Sordini Art Gallery, Wilkes University. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1995
Page Number: Cat. no. 6, Figure Number: 6

Betsy Fahlman. American Art Review American Art Review. Kansas City, Missouri, October 1995-November 1995
Page Number: 112, 113, Figure Number: 113

Mr. Tomàs Llorens Serra. Mimesis: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Madrid, España, 2005
Page Number: 110, 133, Figure Number: 46

Mr. Tomàs Llorens Serra. Mimesis: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. Madrid, España, 2005
Page Number: 265 no. 3:46

Mr. James W. Tottis and Valerie Ann Leeds. Life's Pleasures: Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, Michigan, 2007
Page Number: 138 no. 24, Figure Number: 24