Monday, February 12, 2024

Henri Gervex
(1852 - 1929)
 

Henri Gervex was a French painter who studied painting under Alexandre Cabanel, Pierre-Nicolas Brisset, and Eugène Fromentin. His early work belonged almost exclusively to the mythological genre, which served as an excuse for the painting of the nude, but not always in the best of taste.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Gervex

La Naissance de Vénus (The birth of Venus)
1907
Oil on canvas
200 x 160 cm
Petit Palais, Paris
https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/en/node/226796

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