Chateau d'Ollioules

(299)
1938
Ollioules, France
Oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Signed, inscribed on left: "E W Dickinson / Ollioules"
Dated lower right: "1938"
Private Collection

Notes

Painted in Ollioules, France, north of Sanary, May 18 (journal) of Ch‚teau de Madelon de Vintimille. ED made his first trip to Ollioules January 7, "I to Ollioules & 5 mile walk up gorges. Ruined chateau [sic]. Marvelous!" (journal). Walked there and took family pictures, May 17 & 18 (journal).

Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Ansley W. Sawyer
Esther Hill Sawyer Ewing
Private Collection

Exhibition History

1940 Wellesley College: Exhibition of Paintings by Edwin W. Dickinson
1952 MoMA: 15 Americans
1965 Whitney: Edwin Dickinson. Major retrospective
1980–81 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Edwin Dickinson, Selected Landscapes, as "Château of Madelon de Ventemille, at Ollioules