Details
- Object type
painting
- Title
Children Playing in a Park
- Artist/Maker
- Culture/School
French
- Date
circa 1867
- Materials
oil on panel
- Dimensions
framed: 598 mm x 803 mm x 74 mm; unframed: 395 mm x 600 mm x 8 mm
- Description
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One of Monticelli’s friends described how ‘the lyrical and magical fantasies of Monticelli were really inspired by things he saw and direct observation... Monticelli was a purely instinctive artist; he let himself be governed by his temperament...’.
William Burrell very much admired the paintings of Monticelli. He was one of the first artists that Burrell bought, lending a Monticelli to the International exhibition in Glasgow in 1901. There are 14 works in the collection today.
This is quite a late purchase – Burrell bought this from the Glasgow dealer Ian McNicol in 1948 for £308.
- Credit Line/Donor
Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944
- Collection
Burrell Collection: Pictures [Oils, Pastels and Watercolours]
- ID Number
35.551
- Location
In storage