Lucien Abrams: A Cosmopolitan in Connecticut

March 21 - June 1, 2014

Checklist of Exhibited Works

All works are by Lucien Abrams unless otherwise indicated

A Date Palm, Spring 1913

Tempera on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Academic Figure Study, February 1895

Charcoal on paper

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Algerian River Scene, ca. 1906

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Arab Girl, Bou Sa'ada, Algeria, 1906

Oil on wood panel, 18 x 14.75 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Artist Painting Outdoors, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Au Parc Borely, n.d.

Oil on canvas, 21.375 x 25.5 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Ballerina, n.d.

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Brazos River, Texas, ca. 1886

Ink on paper

Private Collection

 

 

Camel Train, 1905-06

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Capucines (Nasturtiums; Poppies and Nasturtiums), 1913

Oil on canvas

Private Collection

 

 

Château Borély, Marseille, ca. 1909

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Chrysanthemums and Mulberry Platter, 1914

Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.

Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of Mrs. Lucien Abrams

 

 

Circus, 1907

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Cooking in a Square, Algeria, 1905-06

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Déjeuner en Provence, ca. 1910

Oil on canvas, 31 _ x 27 in. framed

Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Morgan Chaney

 

 

Dock at Marseille, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Donkeys with Herder, Algeria, 1905-06

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Femme au Grand Chapeau, 1910

Oil on canvas, 28.875 x 23.875 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Ferry, Marseilles, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Ferry at Marseilles, n.d.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 in. [sight]

Private Collection

 

 

French Port, n.d.

Oil on wood

 

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

Fruit and Feather Flowers, ca. 1923

Oil on canvas, 25.25 x 30.25 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Garden on the Ledge, 1932

Oil on canvas, 36.125 x 29.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Girl in a Turban Sewing, 1913

Oil on panel, 18.5 x 15.5 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Girls at the Beach, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Girls at the Beach, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Harbor at Rockport, 1907

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Boston

 

 

Horses on the Beach, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

In the Garden, June 1915

Oil on canvas, 36.125 x 29.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Inside the Circus Tent, Gloucester, 1907

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Irises, 1922

Oil on canvas, 30.125 x 25.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Jardin Normand (Artichokes and Cabbages), 1913

Oil on canvas, 23.812 x 28.75 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Kabyle Woman, 1906

Oil on wood panel, 13.687 x 10.437 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Le Pouldu, 1912

Oil on canvas panel, 16 x 13 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Man by a Stream, 1905-06

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Man in Robes, 1905-06

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Mexican Fête at the Alamo, 1928

Oil on canvas board, 14.875

x 18.125 in.

Private Collection

 

Mission de la Concepcion, San Antonio, Texas, 1928

Oil on canvas board, 15 x 18.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Mothers Meeting at the Old Port, Marseilles, n.d.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 in. [sight]

Private Collection

 

 

On the Spanish Main, 1936

Oil on canvas, 20.25 x 24.25 in.

Private Collection

 

 

On the Way to Cuba, 1914

Oil on wood, 14 7/8 x 18 in.

Florence Griswold Museum

 

 

Opening Tea, Lyme Art Association, 1921

Oil on panel, 6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.

Florence Griswold Museum, Purchase

 

 

Outside the Circus Tent, Gloucester, 1907

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Parc Borely, n.d.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 in. [sight]

Private Collection

 

 

Pool in Spring, 1919

Oil on canvas

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Friends of Southwestern Art Purchase

 

 

Port, Martigues, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

River, Paris, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Rockport Waterfront, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Snow Scene, ca. 1916

Oil on canvas, 24 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.

Florence Griswold Museum

 

 

Spanish Bayonets (In Forest, Oak Cliff), 1920

Oil on canvas

Private Collection

 

 

Spanish Landscape, ca. 1901

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Spring Landscape, ca. 1916

Oil on canvas, 22 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.

Florence Griswold Museum

 

 

Stream in the Sahara, 1906

Oil on panel

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Street Scene with Sailor, n.d.

Oil on wood

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Study for Algerian River Scene, ca. 1906

Graphite on paper

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

The Harbor, Cassis, 1909

Oil on canvas, 18.25 x 21.25 in.

Private Collection

 

 

The Marketplace, n.d.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 in.

Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of Mrs. Robert D. Graff

 

 

The Mill in Autumn, Fall 1914

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

The Orchard,1916

Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.

Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of Mrs. Lucien Abrams

 

 

Two sketches of Algerian figures, 1906

Charcoal on paper

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Untitled [Beach with Three Women], n.d.

Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 35.25 in. [sight]

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled Canal and Buildings [Canal Martigues] n.d.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 in. [sight]

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [City Scene with Walking Figures, Promenade Marseilles], n.d.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 in. [sight]

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Day At The Beach], n.d.

Oil on board, 6 _ x 8 in.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas; Anonymous Gift

 

 

Untitled [French Landscape], n.d.

Oil on board, 10 _ x 13 _ in.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas; Anonymous Gift

 

 

Untitled [French Landscape with Olive Trees], 1909

Oil on canvas, 28.187 x 35.625 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [French Village], n.d.

Oil on board, 7 _ x 9 _ in.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas; Anonymous Gift

 

 

Untitled [Landscape], n.d.

Oil on canvas

Private Collection, Connecticut

 

 

Untitled [Landscape with Trees, Pond, and White House], after 1914

Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.062 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Lieutenant River near Old Lyme], 1915

Oil on canvas, 24.5 x 29.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Park Scene with Seated Figures, La Promenade], n.d.

Watercolor on paper, 9 x 11 in. [sight]

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Seated Lady in Hat], n.d.

Oil on canvas, 24 x 18.25 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Still life with Bananas], n.d.

Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas; Gift of the Sone Family

 

 

Untitled [Still Life with Roses], n.d.

Oil on canvas, 24.187 x 18.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Stucco Street Corner], n.d. [ca. 1906]

Oil on canvas, 15.125 x 19.875 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Trees in Autumn], n.d.

Oil on canvas, 25 x 20 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Woman in White], n.d.

Oil on canvas, 18.125 x 14.937 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Young Woman Reading in Bed], ca. 1925

Oil on canvas panel, 15 x 18 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Untitled [Zinnias], 1932

Oil on canvas, 24 x 20.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Villa Rose du Ciel, n.d.

Oil on panel, 14.75 x 18 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Woman in Blue, 1915

Oil on canvas, 30.187 x 24.125 in.

Private Collection

 

 

Woman in Paris, ca. 1912

Oil on panel, 18 x 14 in.

The Brousseau Family Collection

 

 

Bertha H. Dougherty (1883-1969)

Lucien Abrams's Studio

Etching

Family of Lucien Abrams

 

Ephemera credit: Courtesy of the Family of Lucien Abrams

1. Photo album from Algeria

2. Pass to the Louvre

3. Louvre Museum permission to copy receipt

4. Pass to the Alhambra

5. Pass to the Opera Metropolitana di Siena

6. Photo: Gina and Lucien Abrams under the arbor of their Old Lyme home, 1941.

7. Brazos River, ink drawing

8. Sketchbooks from Crecy en Brie (1893) and Giverny (1898)

9. Lucien Abrams archival materials, including student records (Academie Julian, Colarossi), passes to European museums, photos, and steamship travel documents.

10. Photographs of Lucien Abrams's house on Johnny Cake Hill Road, Old Lyme

11. Lucien Abrams's suitcase, leather

12. Lucien Abrams's studio easel

13. Still life props (platter, brass bowl, ginger jar)

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