In his day, Jean-Louis Forain was widely known as a caricaturist. His work as a painter showed the influence of Edgar Degas, who was a close friend. Forain joined him in taking part in the impressionists’ exhibitions in Paris. This painting depicts two innocent-looking dancers who are attracting the desirous gaze of a somewhat older, sagging and drunken bourgeois gentleman. This was a subject Forain painted regularly. What is striking here is the contrast between the impressionist rendering of the dancers’ tutus and the more restrained painting style in the man’s sombre black eveningwear.
| Artist |
Jean Louis Forain
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| Title | Female Dancers |
| Date | ca. 1910 |
| Period |
19th century
20th century |
| Location | France TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: forain |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1911-HG |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Belgian State Brussels 1911 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-HG |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/514/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11N36
Lust, Luxury, 'Luxuria'; 'Lussuria' (Ripa) ~ personification of one of the Deadly Sins
Iconclass
31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D14 adult man Iconclass 31D15 adult woman Iconclass 41D221(TOP HAT) head-gear: top hat Iconclass 48C813 set, scenery ~ stage Iconclass 48C84 the ballet, ballet performance Iconclass 48C8422 female dancer Iconclass 48C8422(+3) female dancer (+ types of art) Iconclass 54C4 Temptation; 'Tentatione' (Ripa) Iconclass 56B41 Fastidiousness, Epicurism Iconclass 56C2 Admiration Iconclass |
| School / Style | Impressionist (style) AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 66) |
| Jean Forain (Fonds Richard de Moor). - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 177 (ill.)) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 56-58, cat. 9) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 157 (ill.)) |
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