Portrait of a woman
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2019.4.23.3.FA.PA.C1915.FRAuthor:
S. DERIEUX (French, 1st half of the 20th century)Description
Full-length portrait of a woman, posing with a walking stick and holding a white handbag on the left hand. She appears in the middle of the trees. The portrait is a collage of a photograph and oil painting.During the war, the untransportable camera limits the photographer to fixed views: portraits, nudes, landscapes and there appear combinations where the photo joins the painting by use of collage and overprinting. Artists are both painters and photographers. The following artistic movements appear: Dada, Constructivism for example.
Materials
Oil on woodPaper
Origin
circa 1915 France (FR)Dimensions
Length : 26.8 cmHeight : 19.3 cm