1896
oil
canvas
From the collection of Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Reading is a 1896 oil by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, depicting Book, held at Pinacoteca de São Paulo.
The painting shows a woman sitting in a chair on a balcony, reading a book. She is wearing a long dress and has her hair pulled back. The balcony has a railing and a view of a landscape with trees and buildings in the distance. The woman is holding the book in her left hand and has her right hand resting on her lap. She is looking down at the book, seemingly engrossed in her reading. The balcony is decorated with a few plants and a chair with a blanket draped over it. The painting is done in oil paint and features a mix of warm and cool colors. The overall atmosphere is one of quiet contemplation. To learn more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, look up José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior.
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (8 May 1850 – 13 November 1899) was a Brazilian artist and designer; one of the first there to paint in the Realistic tradition of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet.
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