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| Florence Chambers. |
I tried but was unable to find anything about the subjects of these two portraits. I assume they're sisters, perhaps British; they may have been painted during an early visit of the artist to London. Charming portrayals of sufficiently handsome, fashionably dressed young ladies, they display none of the later bravura brushwork for which Boldini is known.
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| Louisa Chambers. |
Boldini's portraits normally seemed somewhat angular, with quick brush movements and movement in the model's body. The Florence and Louisa Chambers portraits, on the other hand, were only from the waist up and therefore there was almost no movement. Perhaps the Chambers parents (or whoever commissioned the works) told Boldini what they wanted.
ReplyDeleteI think it's mainly that these were so early in his career; he hadn't developed his mature style, yet.
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