Artwork
Market Scene
Market Scene is an oil painting by the Realist artist Régis François Gignoux. It dates from 1862 and is held in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows a bustling market populated by a man, woman, horse, cart, barrel and townspeople beneath a cloudy sky, rendered in oil on canvas. It symbolizes everyday commercial activity and reflects the genre scene tradition of documenting contemporary urban life.
Technique & Style
Régis François Gignoux's 1862 Market Scene is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard support for 19th‑century genre paintings.
Régis François Gignoux's 1862 Market Scene is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard support for 19th‑century genre paintings. The work measures 30.6 cm in height by 40.8 cm in width, reflecting the modest scale typical of contemporary market scenes. Brushwork renders atmospheric effects such as sky and clouds, while figures and objects, including a dog, a man, a woman, a horse, a cart, and a barrel, are delineated with loose, impressionistic strokes that emphasize spatial depth and narrative activity. The surface condition appears stable, with no noted losses or previous restorations recorded in the source documentation.
History & Provenance
Market Scene is an oil painting by Régis François Gignoux dated 1862. The work was created that year and subsequently entered the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, where it remains held. No further details of commission, intermediate ownership, or acquisition circumstances are documented in the available sources.
The painting is executed in oil on canvas and measures 30.6 cm in height by 40.8 cm in width. It depicts a genre scene featuring a market setting, with figures including men, women, a dog, a horse, and a cart, alongside buildings, barrels, sky, and clouds.
Régis François Gignoux's oil painting Market Scene, created in 1862, is held in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. The work is executed on canvas and measures 30.6 cm in height by 40.8 cm in width. While the source confirms the museum's ownership and the physical dimensions of the piece, no specific inventory or accession number is provided in the available records.
Additionally, the documentation does not list any past or current exhibitions where this specific painting has been displayed.
Legacy
Market Scene (1862) by Régis François Gignoux, housed in the Brooklyn Museum, influenced 19th-century genre painting through its detailed depiction of everyday commerce. The work's realistic portrayal of market activity contributed to evolving visual narratives of urban life in the postbellum period.
Its compositional approach informed subsequent American realist painters examining commercial spaces.
Overview
Régis François Gignoux’s Market Scene (1862) is an oil painting that captures a bustling open-air market. Executed during the artist’s American period, the work reflects the realist interest in everyday life, portraying a crowded space beneath a weathered wooden canopy with figures, animals, and assorted stalls.
Artist & collection
Artist
Régis François Gignoux (1816–1882) was a French painter who was active in the United States from 1840 to 1870. (Aliases: Marie-François-Régis Gignoux; Régis Francois Gignoux; Régis François Gignoux; Régis-François Gignoux)
