Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Oberlin College
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
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1846 France - 1946. Known for: Trompe still life, genre, landscape.
Very little is known about his life, but his trompe l'oeil (fool-the-eye) still lifes indicates that a primary interest was money, which he painted in numerous ways--in barrels, piles, tidy stacks,... Read full biography
Very little is known about his life, but his trompe l'oeil (fool-the-eye) still lifes indicates that a primary interest was money, which he painted in numerous ways--in barrels, piles, tidy stacks, and even nose gays and garlands. An explanation for this ever reoccurring subject has been offered by... Read full biography
Very little is known about his life, but his trompe l'oeil (fool-the-eye) still lifes indicates that a primary interest was money, which he painted in numerous ways--in barrels, piles, tidy stacks, and even nose gays and garlands. An explanation for this ever reoccurring subject has been offered by Alfred Frankenstein in his book, "The Reality of Appearance": "He was obsessed with money, doubtless, because he never had any." . In fact, he painted money so accurately, that he was suspected by... Read full biography
Very little is known about his life, but his trompe l'oeil (fool-the-eye) still lifes indicates that a primary interest was money, which he painted in numerous ways--in barrels, piles, tidy stacks, and even nose gays and garlands. An explanation for this ever reoccurring subject has been offered by Alfred Frankenstein in his book, "The Reality of Appearance": "He was obsessed with money, doubtless, because he never had any." . In fact, he painted money so accurately, that he was suspected by government officials of counterfeiting the U.S. dollar bill. One of his paintings, "Barrels of Money," a copy of an earlier version, was confiscated by the government and kept in security for several years with a mandate that the original be destroyed.... Read full biography
Very little is known about his life, but his trompe l'oeil (fool-the-eye) still lifes indicates that a primary interest was money, which he painted in numerous ways--in barrels, piles, tidy stacks, and even nose gays and garlands. An explanation for this ever reoccurring subject has been offered by Alfred Frankenstein in his book, "The Reality of Appearance": "He was obsessed with money, doubtless, because he never had any." . In fact, he painted money so accurately, that he was suspected by government officials of counterfeiting the U.S. dollar bill. One of his paintings, "Barrels of Money," a copy of an earlier version, was confiscated by the government and kept in security for several years with a mandate that the original be destroyed. He lived on Seventh Street in New York City between 1886 and 1888 and on West 44th Street between 1895 and 1896. He is known to have fre... Read full biography
Victor Dubreuil - Artist Info
About Victor Dubreuil: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (6)
All MuseumsBrandywine Museum of Art
One Hoffmans Mill Road
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44502New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70124The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1090Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel Street
Box 208271
New Haven, CT 06520-8271