“A woman with a parrot” ( fr. La Femme au perroquet , Eng. Woman with a Parrot ) - a picture written in 1866 by French artist Gustave Courbet (1819—1877). Belongs to the Metropolitan Museum in New York . The size of the picture is 129.5 × 195.6 cm [1] [2] .
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| Gustave Courbet | ||
| Woman with a parrot . 1866 | ||
| fr La femme au perroquet | ||
| Oil on canvas . 129.5 × 195.6 cm | ||
| Metropolitan Museum , New York | ||
| ( inv. 29.100.57 ) | ||
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History
Inspired by the success of the painting “The Birth of Venus ” by Alexander Cabanel , presented at the Paris Salon of 1863, Courbet wanted to repeat it with his picture depicting a naked female body [2] . He failed in 1864, when his painting “Venus and Psyche” was rejected by the jury [3] . Two years later, Courbet presented a new painting, Woman with a Parrot, which went through a strict selection of the jury and was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1866 [2] .
In the spring of 1870, the artist sold the picture for 15,000 francs to Jules Bordet. In April 1898, the painting was bought for 20 000 francs by a famous Paul Durand-Ruel , who immediately resold it for Osborne Havemeyer ) and his wife Louise Havemeyer . After Hevemeyer's death in 1907, the picture remained with his wife, and after her death in 1929, according to the will, she was transferred to the Metropolitan Museum collection [1] .
Description
The painting depicts a naked woman lying on a bed with loose hair. She lies on her back with her left hand raised, on which a parrot sits with its wings open. To the right of the bed is a rack for a parrot. After the appearance of the picture, critics noted a very modern look of a naked woman (“a real, lively French woman”), unlike many of the images of Venus or Eve, written by other academic artists [4] .
It is believed that the model for this painting was the Irish woman Joanna Hiffernan , who was also the model for some of the other Courbet paintings of that period, including the portrait Beautiful Irish (or Portrait of Joe, 1866) [5] .
Reviews and criticism
Opinions of critics who saw the picture at the Paris Salon of 1866 were divided: Theophile Gautier called it a work “full of poetry and style,” and Emile Zola stated that Courbet “made the picture.” According to art critic Nina Kalitina , "Gautier, who reproached Kubye for rudeness, vulgarity, and folklore, expressed praise," and Zola, who appreciated bright individuality at Zurb, admitted Zola's temperament that the artist had rounded the corners of his genius, looked like others " [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Woman with a Parrot, Gustave Courbet (HTML). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The appeal date is December 5, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Woman with a Parrot, 1866, Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877) (HTML). Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The appeal date is December 5, 2013.
- ↑ Peter Schjeldahl. Painting by numbers: Gustave Courbet and the making of a master (HTML). The New Yorker - www.newyorker.com (July 30, 2007). The appeal date is December 6, 2013.
- ↑ Kathryn Calley Galitz. Art History Spot: Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) (HTML). www.arthistoryspot.com. The appeal date is December 8, 2013.
- ↑ Ita Marguet. Johanna 'Jo' Hiffernan: Art and Beauty (HTML). divainternational.ch (March 2013). The appeal date is December 6, 2013.
- ↑ N. N. Kalitina . Gustave Courbet. Sketch of life and work. - M .: Art , 1981. - p. 111-113. - 184 s.
Links
- Woman with a Parrot, 1866, Gustave Courbet , Google Cultural Institute