Le coup de vent

In early 1890s, at the height of his artistic career, Stevens, with the help of Gervex, had just recently finished the 120 meter canvas for the exhibition at the Tuileries Gardens. During the period of 1889-95 Stevens would exhibit numerous paintings with great public success. His paintings were exhibited at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris and at the 1894 Exposition Universelle in Berlin, eleven of his paintings were exhibited at Sociéte Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1890 and a well attended exhibition of his works was curated in Brussels at La Maison d'Art in 1895. Famous for his glittering surfaces, elegant postures, advanterous color combinations, and sensous gestures Stevens, throughout his artistic career, has not tired the subject matter of beautiful women, as his paintings never are about a narrative but are about style, grace and beauty - one so essential, that it can even be recognized by the untrained eye.