Art work by Theodore Gegoux (1850 - 1931)
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"What Time Is It?" 1883
Pastel on paper with linen backing, 21.5 inches by 29.5 inches, Inscribed on the back. In this picture are, Dr. Wallace A. Brown - Left Prof. Theodore Gegoux - Center J. Richard Hungerford - Right Painted by Gegoux Photographs by Theodore Gegoux III © Copyright 2007 - All Rights Reserved |
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The Watertown Daily Times - August 18, 1883 - Saturday ELEGANT PICTURE - Prof. Gegoux, in his studio, Night Scenes - Admirable Work A reporter of the Times this morning paid a visit to the studio of Prof. Theo Gegoux and found that gentleman hard upon a life size oil portrait of Rev. B. H. Winslow. Mr. Gegoux is attaining a wide celebrity as a portrait maker in both crayon and oils, especially the former, and is just in receipt of a letter from a patron in Chatfield, Minn. expressing the highest admiration of his work. "Yes I have worked hard at this business, said the professor, in answer to a question. I have at it nearly seven years, and during that time I have painted over 1,300 portraits. I am now beginning on my fourteenth hundred." One of Mr. Gegoux's favorite branches of study is night scenes wherein the bright of a fire is reflected on the darker backgrounds. In this Mr. Gegoux has attained a rare success and exhibits one piece entitled "What Time Is It," which should add materially to his fame and fortune. The picture represents three figures gathered about a lamp post at a dead hour of the night. One of them holds a watch, the other gazes at the hands, while the third with his cigar close to the time draws hard on the light. The effect is admirable. The picture is said to ho worth at least $1,000 and represents over a year of hard labor. It is also a design original with Mr. Gegoux. Mr. Gegoux's rooms are full of fine pictures, and be has two portraits at the art rooms also worthy of mention. One is a faithful picture of Mrs. Dr. Munson, and the other of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Freeman. |