Description
An Al-Fresco Toilette by Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927).
Sir Samuel Luke Fildes was born in Liverpool and trained at the South Kensington and Royal Academy Schools. He was the grandson of the political activist Mary Fildes.
The Neo-Venetian School was an international group of artists painting an idealised version of the everyday life of working-class inhabitants of Venice in the 1880s and 1890s. Fildes briefly belonged to this school, painting this work 1887-9, before turning to portraiture around 1890.
Here he has contrasted the grandeur of 16th and 17th-century Venetian palaces with the frivolity of their late 19th century tenants. In fact, the palace was the studio of the artist's brotherin-law and the models included his wife and young son. The artificiality of the final result may have suggested to the artist that he should seek other subjects, although his command of grouping and pose is remarkable.
Specification
Dimensions: 30 x 40cm
Brand: Lady Lever Art Gallery
Printed in the UK
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