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Grapes 1893 - 1897 Plate 11. Oil on canvas | 26x39 cm This painting won a first prize in Paris, probably at one of the monthly competitions at the Academie Julian. It had the charm and clarity of brush strokes now noticed with difficulty. Oil on canvas. 26 x 39 cm. 1893-97. France |
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A Japanese Lady with a Lantern 1893 - 1900 Plate 38. Oil on board | 64x46,5 cm This is evidently a copy of a Japanese wood-block print. It was done when the Mother was in France, most probably near the end of the nineteenth century. The painting is in a bad state and the colours are peeling off. The reproduction is electronically repaired. Oil on board: 64 x 46.5 cm. C. 1893-1900. France. |
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Early Study 1895 Plate 17. Oil on canvas | 59x44,5 cm |
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Early Study 1895 Plate 18. Oil on canvas | 54x48 cm |
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Early Study 1895 Plate 19. Oil on canvas | 54x44 cm |
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Portrait of a Loving Friend 1897 Plate 29. Oil on ivory | 9,5x6,5 cm This portrait of Mme Valentine is done on a small piece of ivory. The Mother presented it to Ms. Maggi Lidchi, one of her disciples, in whom she recognised a reincarnation of her friend. Mme Valentine, a close friend of the Mother’s during her days in the art studio, died in childbirth just before the Mother’s son, Andre, was born. |
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An Early Portrait 1897 Plate 42. Oil on canvas Recently found in the private collection of Dr. Lapeysonnie in France |
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A Landscape with Church Tower 1897 - 1908 Plate 5. Oil on board | 15x20,5 cm This painting was executed at Taverns near the country home of the Morissets in Beaugency on the Loire. It has deteriorated and the freshness of the colours ia lost |
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A Chair 1897 - 1908 Plate 6. Oil on board | 21x13 cm A painting done in the studio of Abel Faivre, a famous caricaturist |
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Two White Vases 1897 - 1908 Plate 7. Oil on board | 13,5x21 cm |
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An Interior with a Vase 1897 - 1908 Plate 8. Oil on board | 14,5x20,5 cm |
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An Interior 1897 - 1908 Plate 9. Oil on board | 21,5x14 cm |
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An Interior 1897 - 1908 Plate 10. Oil on board | 21,5x13 cm |
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The Studio of an Artist 1897 - 1908 Plate 13. Oil on canvas | 44,5x45 cm This painting was done in the studio of Charles Duvent, a painter. It has darkened so much that the colour reproduction is only as good as a black and white reproduction. It is being reproduced for its documentary value |
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A Room in a Castle 1897 - 1908 Plate 14. Oil on board | 18x26 cm Probably a room in the Chateau de Beaugency. The colours have deteriorated |
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The Hearth 1897 - 1908 Plate 15. Oil on board | 17x13 cm The colours have cracked and have made furrows |
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Interior of a Library 1897 - 1908 Plate 16. Oil on canvas | 50x40 cm It seems this was done in the Musee de CIuny, Paris. The painting has darkened so much that the reproduction is not clear. The colours are also peeling off. There is some doubt about its authorship. The reproduction in this was done after restoration, but is not true to the colours of the original. The damaged painting, before restoration, is shown in black and white at the end |
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Mural in the Church at Pau 1898 Plate 40 This mural in the church at Pau, a town in the south of France, is signed OH Morisset 1898". The lower part of the painting was done by the Mother. The painting depicts a battle between Christians and Moors. Saint James of Compostela, patron saint of the church, appears on a white horse |
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Lady on the Staircase 1903 Plate 2. Oil on canvas | 50x44,5 cm "This is the interior of the Manoir de Cantepie in Normandy, France. I spent some time there and did some paintings" (Mother India, Jan. 1983, p.22.) |
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Interior with Bright Vases 1903 Plate 3. Oil on canvas | 45,5x62 cm The painting has darkened so much that no proper reproduction is possible. Nothing of the original colours and detailed work can seen |
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Andre 1903 Plate 28. Oil on board | 11,5x10,5 cm Portrait of the Mother’s son, Andre Morisset, when he was four or five years old |
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A Vision 1903 - 1908 Plate 23. Oil on board | 13x21 cm The Mother said she did this painting in France and did not have time to finish it |
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Shoulders 1903 - 1908 Plate 25. Oil on board | 14,5x11 cm This is a fine example of the Mother’s paintings done in France |
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Sleeping Woman 1903 - 1908 Plate 26. Oil on canvas | 65x65 cm This painting is badly peeling off as is evident from the lower end of the reproduction. A fine work in the impressionist style |
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A Musician’s Room 1904 Plate 4. Oil on canvas | 58,5x71 cm Interior of the house of the composer Camille Erlanger. The colours have lost their original charm. |
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A Friend’s Garden 1905 Plate 12. Oil on board | 13,5x18 cm The Mother is reported to have said that while meditating in this garden, she had the experience of identity with the earth. The garden may be that of Themanlys in Courseulles, Normandy. The colours of the painting have deteriorated |
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La Console Circa 1905 Plate 43 Reproduced from the catalogue of the 1905 exhibition of the Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. The original painting has not been traced |
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Andre as a Postman 1908 Plate 27. Oil on board | 23,5x13,5 cm The Mother’s son in a postman’s dress. He was about ten years old when this painting was done |