1892
oil
canvas
From the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Listening to Music by Schumann is a 1892 oil by Fernand Khnopff, a Impressionism work, held at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
In this painting, a woman sits in a red chair, her head resting on her hand. The room is decorated with a fireplace, a piano, and various objects on a mantle. The woman's dark dress and the room's furnishings are rendered in muted colors. A closer look reveals the intricate details of the room, including the patterns on the rug and the woman's clothing. The overall atmosphere is one of quiet contemplation. This painting is reminiscent of the work of Fernand Khnopff, an artist known for his dreamlike and introspective scenes.
Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter and one of the founding members of the avant-garde group Les XX in 1883.
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