Woman with a Parrot (Courbet)
| La Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) | |
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| Artist | Gustave Courbet |
| Year | 1866 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 129.5 cm × 195.6 cm (51.0 in × 77.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States |
La Femme au perroquet (Woman with a Parrot) is an oil painting on canvas by French artist Gustave Courbet. It was the first nude by the artist to be accepted by the Paris Salon in 1866 after a previous entry in 1864 was rejected as indecent.[1]
Description
The painting shows a woman reclining on her back, with a pet parrot alighting on an outstretched hand. While painted in a style to gain Academy acceptance in its pose and smooth flesh tones, the model's discarded clothes and disheveled hair were controversial,[2] although less so than Le Sommeil, painted the same year. Joanna Hiffernan likely posed for both paintings, as she did for others by Courbet.
References
- ^ "Gustav Courbet:Woman with a Parrot". New York: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ Sorabella, Jean (January 2008). "The Nude in Baroque and Later Art, In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History". New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
External links
- Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution, a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on ___ (see index)