1891
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Eva Meurier in a Green Dress is a 1891 unspecified by Maurice Denis, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A woman in a green dress sits with her hands folded, her face calm and a little serious. The background is soft and dreamy, almost like watercolor. This painting was made on a scrap of another picture—you can still see faint shapes peeking out around the edges. It’s like the artist painted over something old to bring this new portrait to life. The woman was the artist’s sister-in-law and played piano, which might explain why her hands look so graceful. Look up other works from *france, 19th century, mod euro* to see more paintings like this.
Delicate, elegantly folded hands in this painting allude to the sitter’s musical abilities. Eva Meurier, the sister-in-law of the artist, was a talented pianist. Maurice Denis painted the portrait on a fragment of an abandoned picture, hints of which appear around the edges of the composition, as if Eva’s portrait is mysteriously emerging from another painting.
Maurice Denis painted this early in his career, when he was only 21.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Maurice Denis (French: ; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer.
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