Reader

ID: #2842 | Romantism | Portraits

Date: 1863
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium

The painting depicts a woman sitting on a red chair, intently reading a book. She is wearing a black dress with a simple round neckline and has light brown hair pinned back. Her face radiates calm and concentration. The background is dark and neutral, which emphasizes the woman's figure and accentuates the atmosphere of calm and tranquility.

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Fantin-Latour painted picture Reader in 1863. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). French romantic painter known for his portraits of Parisian artists and floral still lifes. From the beginning of his career, he devoted himself to copying paintings by old masters. Perhaps that is why he barely touched on Impressionism, although he was in contact with Impressionist artists. Under the influence of Whistler, he directed his attention to England, where he began to sell his still lifes. He did so well in England that in his native France, his paintings become almost unknown. Later, he started focusing on lithography that symbolically expressed the music of Wagner.