Femme Espagnole au Balcon by Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin
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This lush painting of Spanish ladies is the work of famed Orientalist Jules-Georges-Victor Clairin
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- This luxurious oil on canvas was painted by Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin
- Entitled Femme Espagnole au Balcon, this enchanting scene is a masterpiece of Orientalism
- Oil on canvas, signed "G. Clairin" (lower left)
- Canvas: 46 3/4" high x 29 1/2" wide; Frame: 57 1/2" high x 40 1/2" wide
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- Width:
C: 29 1/2; F:40 1/2 Inches - Height:
C: 46 3/4; F: 57 1/2 Inches - Period:
19th Century - Origin:
France - Subject:
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Clairin, Georges
Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin
1843-1919 · French
Femme Espagnole au Balcon
Signed "G. Clairin" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
This outstanding oil on canvas by renowned portraitist and decorative painter Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin embodies the artist's fascination with the lush exoticism of Spain and the Near East. Entitled Femme Espagnole au Balcon, this enchanting scene is also one of the best examples of Clairin's deftness with texture, color and perspective. Clairin captures three young women as they emerge onto a sumptuous, flower-laden wrought-iron balcony, perhaps to flirt with admirers below. His simultaneous agility with architectural lines and wildly growing plant life creates a work that bursts with life.
Born in 1843, Clairin entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1861, where he studied with François Picot and Isidore Pils. He sent the first of many contributions to the Salon in 1866. By 1868, he had joined his good friend, the painter Henri Regnault, in a visit to Spain, where he was enormously impressed by Moorish architecture and influenced by the Spanish Orientalist painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal. From Spain, Clairin and Regnault traveled to Tangier, where Clairin made a close study of local costume and constructed a house and studio in partnership with Regnault. In subsequent years, Clairin made numerous trips to Spain, Morocco and Egypt, and quickly became one of the pillars of the Salon de la Société Orientaliste.
Obsessed with the lavish and mesmerizing glamour of Moorish countries, Clairin also ran in a glamorous crowd at home in Paris. One of his most significant relationships was with the legendary actress and Renaissance woman Sarah Bernhardt. Clairin was Bernhardt's devoted friend for fifty years and remained her portraitist of choice throughout her illustrious career. His portraits of her, whether in costume or informally in her apartment, are some of his most evocative works. Clairin exhibited at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Françaises almost every year since his debut. He became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1887 and in 1889, was awarded a silver medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle. Clairin's paintings are housed in some of the most prestigious collections in the world and rank among the most celebrated Orientalist works of all time.
Canvas: 46 3/4" high x 29 1/2" wide
Frame: 57 1/2" high x 40 1/2" wide
Artist's Museums:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Musée du Petit Palais, Paris
Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen, France
Le Chateau-Musée de Dieppe, France
Musée Municipal, Ville de Louviers, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France
Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
1843-1919 · French
Femme Espagnole au Balcon
Signed "G. Clairin" (lower left)
Oil on canvas
This outstanding oil on canvas by renowned portraitist and decorative painter Georges-Jules-Victor Clairin embodies the artist's fascination with the lush exoticism of Spain and the Near East. Entitled Femme Espagnole au Balcon, this enchanting scene is also one of the best examples of Clairin's deftness with texture, color and perspective. Clairin captures three young women as they emerge onto a sumptuous, flower-laden wrought-iron balcony, perhaps to flirt with admirers below. His simultaneous agility with architectural lines and wildly growing plant life creates a work that bursts with life.
Born in 1843, Clairin entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1861, where he studied with François Picot and Isidore Pils. He sent the first of many contributions to the Salon in 1866. By 1868, he had joined his good friend, the painter Henri Regnault, in a visit to Spain, where he was enormously impressed by Moorish architecture and influenced by the Spanish Orientalist painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal. From Spain, Clairin and Regnault traveled to Tangier, where Clairin made a close study of local costume and constructed a house and studio in partnership with Regnault. In subsequent years, Clairin made numerous trips to Spain, Morocco and Egypt, and quickly became one of the pillars of the Salon de la Société Orientaliste.
Obsessed with the lavish and mesmerizing glamour of Moorish countries, Clairin also ran in a glamorous crowd at home in Paris. One of his most significant relationships was with the legendary actress and Renaissance woman Sarah Bernhardt. Clairin was Bernhardt's devoted friend for fifty years and remained her portraitist of choice throughout her illustrious career. His portraits of her, whether in costume or informally in her apartment, are some of his most evocative works. Clairin exhibited at the Salon de la Société des Artistes Françaises almost every year since his debut. He became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1887 and in 1889, was awarded a silver medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle. Clairin's paintings are housed in some of the most prestigious collections in the world and rank among the most celebrated Orientalist works of all time.
Canvas: 46 3/4" high x 29 1/2" wide
Frame: 57 1/2" high x 40 1/2" wide
Artist's Museums:
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Musée du Petit Palais, Paris
Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
Musée des Beaux Arts, Rouen, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen, France
Le Chateau-Musée de Dieppe, France
Musée Municipal, Ville de Louviers, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France
Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
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