En el taller

Marie Bashkirtseff

1881

En el taller by Marie Bashkirtseff, 1881

Step into the chaotic, creative energy of a Parisian art studio in the 1880s! Marie Bashkirtseff captures a room full of female students hard at work, sketching and painting a young boy model who stands proudly on a table holding a staff. This scene depicts the Académie Julian, a rare sanctuary where women could study from life models since the official École des Beaux-Arts barred them. Bashkirtseff, a prodigy who kept a famous diary before dying of tuberculosis at just 25, likely included herself in the crowd—look for the woman in the center foreground clutching her palette.

Technique
Oil on canvas

Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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