“On the Terrace at Sèvres”
For today, a piece from a wonderful artist whose art career was cut short by an unsupportive partner.
“On the Terrace at Sèvres” is an oil on canvas painting by the French Impressionist artist, Marie Bracquemond, from 1880. Along with Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, Bracquemond is regarded as one of the three great women of Impressionism.
This was painted within Bracquemond’s own garden at home in Sèvres, a suburb in Paris. It features a self-portrait of the artist on the left, her younger sister, Louise Quivoron, on the right, and the still-life and portrait artist, Henri Fantin-Latour, in the middle. Bracquemond’s sister lived with her at the time and is featured in many of her works.
Bracquemond remained at home most of the time and painted the majority of her pieces within her home garden. Her most well-known paintings are of scenes outdoors. Although she painted en plein air, she composed sketches and studies of her work prior to painting the final version on the canvas.
“On the Terrace at Sèvres” is currently in the collections of the Musée du Petit Palais in Geneva, Switzerland, which is permanently closed.
For more on Marie Bracquemond, please visit her short biography here.
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