1874, Eva Gonzalès, Portrait of a Young Woman (detail) -- National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington)
A French Impressionist painter, Gonzalès was interested in how colors and textures could be affected by changing conditions of light. Her sitter's attire allowed Gonzalès to draw out a spectrum of nuance in a white dress and hat by using different techniques. The silky satin sheen of her sleeves and bodice, diaphanous stole around her arms, and delicate wisps of feathers on her hat-made by short rapid strokes from a dry brush-demonstrate Gonzales's mastery of Impressionist techniques.
1874, Eva Gonzalès, Portrait of a Young Woman (detail) -- National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington)
A French Impressionist painter, Gonzalès was interested in how colors and textures could be affected by changing conditions of light. Her sitter's attire allowed Gonzalès to draw out a spectrum of nuance in a white dress and hat by using different techniques. The silky satin sheen of her sleeves and bodice, diaphanous stole around her arms, and delicate wisps of feathers on her hat-made by short rapid strokes from a dry brush-demonstrate Gonzales's mastery of Impressionist techniques.