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Diana at the Bath
I. Lorser Feitelson
American Art
Like many 1920s figure painters, Lorser Feitelson attempted to interpret the ideal, or perfected, human form in a distinctly modern way. In this mythological subject, he based the exuberantly contoured figures and complex, dance-like composition on the elongated figures and virtuoso compositions of sixteenth-century Italian Mannerism and its nineteenth-century French heir, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Working in Paris, Feitelson no doubt was aware that Pablo Picasso had already moved in this direction, creating beautifully outlined figures inspired by classical sculpture and Renaissance painting. Although this work’s chalky, fresco-like colors also refer to Renaissance art, the figures are lithe, athletic, and unmistakably modern.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1922
DIMENSIONS
98 1/2 x 69 3/8 in. (250.2 x 176.2 cm)
Frame: 104 7/8 x 75 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (266.4 x 192.4 x 7 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed and dated lower right: "FEITELSON '22"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
24.96
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the artist
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
I. Lorser Feitelson (American, 1898–1978). Diana at the Bath, 1922. Oil on canvas, 98 1/2 x 69 3/8 in. (250.2 x 176.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 24.96. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 24.96_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 24.96_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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