Fernand Khnopff - Portrait of Jeanne Kefer by . Draguet (Paperback, 2006)

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Title:-Fernand Khnopff-Portrait of Jeanne Kefer.

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The Belgian artist, illustrator, sculptor, and photographer Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921) became a popular society portraitist in the 1880s, using elements that had served him well as an avant-garde symbolist painter: visual realism and a mood of silence, isolation, and reverie. As in the provocative yet hauntingly beautiful Portrait of Jeanne Kefer, which is the focus of this book, he frequently posed his models leaning against a closed door, flattening the space and resulting in a meditative, hermetically sealed image. Jeanne Kefer was the daughter of a composer friend of the artist, and Khnopff deftly captured the child's vulnerability to the outside world in the small gesture of her tiny thumb catching the edge of her bow. The book places this painting in the historical context of Khnopff's times and social milieu, such as the advent of symbolism as a literary and artistic movement and the influence of James McNeill Whistler. The analysis of the portrait is supported by a stunning array of related paintings, details, and technical photographs. Finally, the author uses Khnopff's portraits as a springboard for a broader discussion of symbolist art.

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PublisherGetty Trust Publications
ISBN-139780892367306
eBay Product ID (ePID)91470286

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Book TitleFernand Khnopff-Portrait of Jeanne Kefer
Author. Draguet
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
Number of Pages120 Pages

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Item Height237mm
Item Width193mm
Item Weight334g

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Title_Author. Draguet
Series TitleGetty Publications -
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

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