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Mme Jeanne Lanvin

French, 1867 - 1946

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A young woman sits and a young girl stands at an open, wide, vine-covered gate in front of a park in this horizontal painting. Both people have pale, peachy skin. The woman sits at the center of the opening with her body facing us, and she looks at or toward us with dark eyes under dark eyebrows. She tips her head slightly to her left, our right, and her brown hair has been pulled up under an ivory-white hat with a dark feather that curves over her hair toward her ears. Like the rest of the painting, her features are loosely painted but her pink lips are closed. Her pale shell-pink shawl flares over her shoulders to her elbows, and is fastened with a black ribbon or tie at her neck. A touch of black at her waist suggests she wears a black sash, and her full skirt falls in layered tiers to the ground. Her hands rest in her lap, and she holds long-stemmed flowers with red, baby-blue, and butter-yellow blooms. Next to the woman and to our left, the girl stands facing our left in profile with her hands on the trellised gate, which has swung away from us, into the park. Her blond hair is held back with a black headband and she looks down, her face turned slightly away. Her long-sleeved, loosely fitting, slate-blue jumper has pale blue pinstripes and comes to her knees. She wears white stockings, and her black boots come up over her ankles. An open umbrella with a curved wooden handle rests upside down on the ground to our right of the woman. The interior is deep turquois blue and the exterior is parchment brown. The park is painted with tones of pale caramel brown for the ground, and sage green and tan for the trees. Tree trunks and branches are painted with a few lines in brown, and there is a hedge of pine-green bushes beyond the gate to our right. Sunlight filters through the trees to create dappled shadows on the ground. The artist signed the work as if she had written her name along the bottom rail of the gate door, near the lower left corner of the painting: “Eva Gonzalèz.”
Eva Gonzalès, Nanny and Child, 1877/1878, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Fund, 2006.72.1

Nanny and Child

Eva Gonzalès · 1877/1878 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2006.72.1

This is a painting depicting a social gathering under a large pavilion outdoors. The background shows a green, hilly landscape with hints of brown and white buildings in the distance, under a sky of soft blues with wispy gray clouds. The scene features a large crowd of elegantly dressed people, some standing and some sitting in chairs, their backs to us. To the right of center is a group of three women in large white gowns, standing in a small group with a bearded man who wears a pale-yellow scarf around his neck. On the left is a group of seated women, wearing gowns in shades of pink, white, blue, and yellow. The rest of the crowd is a blur of dark colors, with a few people wearing red or white who stick out. Beyond the crowd, under the ornate white pavilion with carved columns, we see the silhouette of a man raising a stick or baton. The brushstrokes in the painting are visible, and details are suggested with dashes of paint, giving the image a slightly hazy quality.
Eugène Boudin, Concert at the Casino of Deauville, 1865, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.3

Concert at the Casino of Deauville

Eugène Boudin · 1865 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1985.64.3