1876
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Terrace of the Villa Brancas is a 1876 by Félix Bracquemond, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Two women sit on a sunlit terrace, one sketching the other under an umbrella. Behind them, trees frame a view of a porcelain factory and distant hills. This painting shows an artist at work—likely Bracquemond’s wife, Marie, who was also a painter. It’s rare for the time: a woman creating art, not just posing for it. The quiet focus feels real, like a snapshot of a private moment. If you like this, look up *subject: france, 19th century* for more scenes of daily life from the era.
Here, two women are seated on a sunny terrace in the lush landscape at Sèvres. One figure, presumably Bracquemond's wife, Marie, who was also an artist, draws the other, who is posed with an umbrella. The old porcelain manufactory and part of Bellevue is visible among the trees. The artist is alert and active, a pencil poised in her right hand, while the subject of her portrait demurely casts her gaze downward. Here, the 19th-century woman is depicted both in the midst of creating a work of art, and as the passive subject of one.
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Félix Henri Bracquemond (French pronunciation: ; 22 May 1833 – 29 October 1914) was a French painter, etcher, and printmaker.
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