Lucien Gilbert by Derain in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2019

Portrait of Lucien Gilbert
ca. 1905

Object Details

Title: Portrait of Lucien Gilbert

Artist: André Derain (French, Chatou 1880–1954 Garches)

Date: ca. 1905

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 32 x 23 3/4 in. (81.3 x 60.3 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Gift of Joyce Blaffer von Bothmer, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Blaffer, 1975

Accession Number: 1975.169

This picture is one of several dynamic, boldly-colored portraits that Derain created around 1905. In addition to depicting Gilbert, a childhood friend of the artist and later a collector of his work, Derain also painted portraits of his fellow artists, Matisse (Tate, London), and Vlaminck (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres).

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/481430