Another One Of My All-Time Favorite Artworks
Portrait of a Negress (1800)
Marie Guillemine Benoist (French, 1768-1826)
The negress' gaze in this portrait absolutely make the painting. I've heard people say that Portrait of a Negress is about everything from colonialism and racism to the role of women in society, to just being a plain old portrait of a servant. But regardless of what you say, I have been looking at paintings for probably a decade now, and I have never seen anyone capture a stare like that.
It's borderline haunting.
Marie Guillemine Benoist (French, 1768-1826)
The negress' gaze in this portrait absolutely make the painting. I've heard people say that Portrait of a Negress is about everything from colonialism and racism to the role of women in society, to just being a plain old portrait of a servant. But regardless of what you say, I have been looking at paintings for probably a decade now, and I have never seen anyone capture a stare like that.
It's borderline haunting.
posted by Matt at 9:51:00 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home