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Paul Cornoyer
American, 1864-1923
Parisian Boulevard, 1893
Signed Paul Cornoyer and dated Paris 93 (ll)
Oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 28 inches

Provenance:
Mr. Arnold
Ms. Sallie Hardy (daughter of Mr. Arnold), until 1934
Thence by descent in the family [owned by a nephew] until 1995
Island Weiss Gallery, New York
Private collection, Washington, D.C.

In 1881, Paul Cornoyer began his studies at the St. Louis School of Fine Art in his hometown. He traveled to Paris in 1889, enrolling at the Academie Julien, where he was a student of Jules LeFebvre, Benjamin Constant, and Louis Blanc. He remained in France for five years, painting a number of city scenes such as the present work, which vividly captures the charm and bustle of Parisian boulevards with onion-domed kiosks and other characteristic local details. The iconic image of the Arc de Triomphe, depicted at center, anticipates Cornoyer's later paintings of architectural landmarks in city parks and plazas in New York City, where he moved in 1899 at the behest of William Merritt Chase. Parisian Boulevard reflects the artist's academic training, diffused through an impressionistic lens.

Examples of Cornoyer's Parisian themes, more intimate in scale than the present work, are included in the permanent collections of the Yale University Art Gallery and the Joslyn Art Museum.