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Easter Monday-Hélène Daurmont
Easter Monday-Hélène Daurmont is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Walter Richard Sickert. It dates from 1906 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Walter Sickert’s 1906 oil work titled Easter Monday, Hélène Daurmont presents a dimly lit interior where a solitary woman occupies a chair.
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Technique & Style
The work is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it is catalogued as accession number 1982.
Easter Monday-Hélène Daurmont is an oil painting on canvas executed by Walter Sickert in 1906. The work is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it is catalogued as accession number 1982.145. The canvas measures 50.8 cm in height by 40.7 cm in width, a modest, intimate format consistent with Sickert's small-scale figure paintings of the period.
It was produced in England, aligning with the artist's long-standing base in London and his Camden Town Group milieu, though the specific handling, palette, and surface condition are not documented in the available sources.
History & Provenance
The painting Easter Monday, Hélène Daurmont was created by Walter Sickert in 1906 in England. The work is documented as oil on canvas with dimensions of 50.8 cm in height and 40.7 cm in width. It entered the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it is catalogued under accession number 1982.145.
The painting is held by the Cleveland Museum of Art, where it is recorded as accession number 1982.145.
It has appeared in at least one exhibition at the same institution. In 1983 the Cleveland Museum of Art included the work in the exhibition Sickert in the Seventies.
Overview
Walter Sickert’s 1906 oil work titled Easter Monday, Hélène Daurmont presents a dimly lit interior where a solitary woman occupies a chair. The composition is dominated by subdued tones and a narrow band of daylight entering from a right‑hand window, casting half‑shadow on the sitter’s face while the surrounding space recedes into darkness.
Subject & Meaning
The painting captures an everyday moment, focusing on a lone female figure in a quiet domestic setting. By isolating the woman amid muted surroundings, Sickert emphasizes the anonymity of ordinary life, inviting contemplation of the private, unremarkable episodes that populate urban experience.
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Artist
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London.
Girl dressing
The Visitor
Madame Vuillard Standing, Reading by a Window
Costume Scene
Interior
The Meal or Woman Seen from the Back
Study after the Model (Geesje Kwak?)
Les Petites Belges (Young Belgian Women)
A Colourist
Mme Vuillard in a Set Designer's Studio
Madame Vuillard in a Drawing Room- Easter Monday-Hélène Daurmont