Oil on canvas, Portrait of a young girl by Marie-Anne TOUDOUZE
Oil on canvas, Portrait of a young girl by Marie-Anne TOUDOUZE
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Marie-Anne TOUDOUZE 1857-
The Toudouzes are a large family of artists.
They are architects, writers, painters, illustrators... In this family, women are just as talented as men.
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| Dimensions | 68.5 × 75 cm |
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Marie-Anne was a pupil, then the wife of Édouard Toudouze (1848-1907). She exhibited her work at the Salon des Aortites français. She received several awards for her paintings: 1901 honorable mentions, 1904 third-class medals.
According to some sources, she was named as a painter of flowers and still lifes, yet the few paintings we know of depict portraits of young women alone, seated at their toilette or in their gardens.
Her paintings are delicate, with a beautiful technique and great luminosity.
Our model's soft, milky skin, just enhanced by the light red of her lips, reminds us of the idyllic portraits by Jean Honoré Fragonard. The subtle veil of her dress and the more pronounced touches of lace recall the portraits of the Impressionists and Berthe Morisot.
