Throw away convention ! Giant fan by Willette, 1887
Throw away convention ! Giant fan by Willette, 1887
Giant fan, the wood and cardboard sticks and guards and silk leaf painted by the French artist Adolphe Willette.
It shows a cheerful Colombine (or Pierrette) sitting on a lightning bolt, kicking against convention (the bourgeoisie, Cabanel's teaching, which the artist received at the Beaux Arts for several years...), an Indian (or Apache!) kneels while a young pan player practices on the rooftops of Paris.
On the reverse, a galloping horse cavorts, nostrils smoking, with its trainer (who could be the artist himself) whose whip forms the name Willette.
Dedicated and dated à notre commère . 1887
Condition: stains and small tears, restorations to sticks and guards
H : 76 cm
It shows a cheerful Colombine (or Pierrette) sitting on a lightning bolt, kicking against convention (the bourgeoisie, Cabanel's teaching, which the artist received at the Beaux Arts for several years...), an Indian (or Apache!) kneels while a young pan player practices on the rooftops of Paris.
On the reverse, a galloping horse cavorts, nostrils smoking, with its trainer (who could be the artist himself) whose whip forms the name Willette.
Dedicated and dated à notre commère . 1887
Condition: stains and small tears, restorations to sticks and guards
H : 76 cm
