"A atelier aux Batignoiles"
(A workshop for Batignolles)
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Henri Fantin-Latour
The great painter Edouard Manet sitting, painting a picture in his studio in the Batignolles in Paris. Beside him, sitting next to him, Zacharie Astruc, poet and art critic, who is very attentive to painting.
In the background to the left, the German painter Otto Schölderer, and the great Renoir lost not detail what the teacher is painting. Like the high painter Bazille, whose study was the scene of another great group box ("The artist's studio" - Bazille)
Zola Emili However, watch out ... in the same Manet address. Play with a bracelet, of these, antirheumatic, between the fingers of his right hand. Perhaps making it clear, that is not going to hurt your hand to write what he wants to write.
the background, right, musician Edmond Maître Claude Monet and stare at us.
I love this table for the characters, the composition, by Edouard Manet support from their friends ...
Standing before the table look sensitivity , beauty, elegance, culture .... a group of men, a group of horsemen, a group of artists and intellectuals.
striking under vacuum in the center of the image, hoping to frame the box is painting.
The table covered with a red cover, gives a touch of color to the scene. On it, the goddess Minerva and a wonderful ceramic vase china, and a barely glimpsed box tells us that we are in a place where art and beauty are paramount.
In men, only takes Manet gray trousers, which illuminates the scene.
feet of all, settle firmly into the uniform gray carpeting. Without ceasing to be natural, its position reflects its absolute security.
What I like about the table are serene faces of every one present. And what struck me most was the look of Manet, her eyes ... walked around the corner of the box, from center to the wall to see if mine was a sense or reality. I certify that Manet is not looking at anyone .... At any point you find the look ... Because look, as I felt a moment of introspection, looking ahead, looking at empty ... .. And ... beautiful.
When I got home, I saw Zola also Somewhere looked vague ... but looking at the painting did not see it .... I have to go back to the exposure of the Fundación Mapfre in Madrid.
PD.: In Roman mythology, Minerva is the goddess of wisdom, the arts, the techniques of war, as well as the protector of Rome and the patron of craftsmen. It corresponds to Athena in Greek mythology.
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