Edouard Brandon
, French, 1831-1903
Title
Portrait of Nathaniel Hone (1831-1917), ArtistDate1870
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
43 x 37 cm
Signedlower left: Ed. Brandon/1870
Credit LinePurchased, 1927
Object numberNGI.881
DescriptionHone was one of the first Irish artists to study in Paris. He lived in the city from 1853-57 before spending the next thirteen years near Fontainebleau, where he focused on landscape painting. Hone’s good friend, Edouard Brandon, painted this informal portrait. It shows Hone smoking a pipe in what appears to be a studio setting. The picture is dated 1870, suggesting that Brandon made it as a farewell gift. Hone was one of many artists who left France at that time because of the Franco-Prussian War.Inscriptionlower left: nath.Hone
Exhibition HistoryThe Irish Impressionists, Irish Artists in France and Belgium, 1850-1914, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 9 October - 18 November 1984; Ulster Museum, Belfast, 1 February - 10 March 1985
Nathaniel Hone the Younger 1831-1917, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 19 June - 4 August 1991
French 19th and 20th Century Paintings from the National Gallery of Ireland: Corot to Picasso, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo, 5 September - 17 September 1996; Daimaru Museum, Kyoto, 10 October - 22 October 1996; Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamanashi, 26 October - 2 December 1996; Daimaru Museum, Umeda,Osaka, 22 January - 9 February 1997; Aomori Municpal Gallery of Art, Aomori, 2 April - 20 April 1997
Label TextHone was one of the first Irish artists to study in Paris. He lived in the city from 1853-57 before spending the next thirteen years near Fontainebleau, where he focused on landscape painting. Hone’s good friend, Edouard Brandon, painted this informal portrait. It shows Hone smoking a pipe in what appears to be a studio setting. The picture is dated 1870, suggesting that Brandon made it as a farewell gift. Hone was one of many artists who left France at that time because of the Franco-Prussian War.