1877 (ca.), Paul Cezanne, The Eternal Feminine -- Tate Modern (London) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Staring with sightless eye sockets, this domineering woman--the Eternal Feminine--calmly holds court over a crowd of men fighting for her attention. None of the men represented here--musicians, wrestlers, a bishop, even the artist himself--can resist her temptation. Urgently hatched brush strokes and strong pictorial diagonals repeatedly lead the eye back to the central figure.
1877 (ca.), Paul Cezanne, The Eternal Feminine -- Tate Modern (London) (special exhibition)
From the museum label: Staring with sightless eye sockets, this domineering woman--the Eternal Feminine--calmly holds court over a crowd of men fighting for her attention. None of the men represented here--musicians, wrestlers, a bishop, even the artist himself--can resist her temptation. Urgently hatched brush strokes and strong pictorial diagonals repeatedly lead the eye back to the central figure.