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拍品專文
Less regimented than the academically structured still-lifes receiving public acclaim at the Salon, Fantin's Roses blanches et pivoines displays a subtly orchestrated arrangement of flowers and fruits, reminiscent of Chardin's intimate natures mortes while aware of Manet's contemporary achievements in this classical genre.
Fantin's sharp sense of balance and ability to master the order of an apparently casual composition find a lucid expression in the present oil. As Douglas Druick pointed out: 'Fantin also has shown more interest than Manet in breaking away from the conventions of still-life composition. Where Manet, following tradition, has aligned the various objects on a buffet, parallel to the picture plane, Fantin has looked for an arrangement that, while controlled, suggests the randomness of nature... This successful compromise between order and disorder allowed Fantin the best of both worlds' (exh. cat., Fantin-Latour, Ottawa, 1983, pp. 124-125).
Roses blanches et pivoines, showing the artist's capability to 'compromise between order and disorder', stands as an example of Fantin's transition from the more articulated and crowded works of the 1870s to the simpler and more essential compositions of the 1880s.
This painting will be included in the catalogue raisonn of Fantin-Latour's paintings and pastels by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau now in preparation.
Fantin's sharp sense of balance and ability to master the order of an apparently casual composition find a lucid expression in the present oil. As Douglas Druick pointed out: 'Fantin also has shown more interest than Manet in breaking away from the conventions of still-life composition. Where Manet, following tradition, has aligned the various objects on a buffet, parallel to the picture plane, Fantin has looked for an arrangement that, while controlled, suggests the randomness of nature... This successful compromise between order and disorder allowed Fantin the best of both worlds' (exh. cat., Fantin-Latour, Ottawa, 1983, pp. 124-125).
Roses blanches et pivoines, showing the artist's capability to 'compromise between order and disorder', stands as an example of Fantin's transition from the more articulated and crowded works of the 1870s to the simpler and more essential compositions of the 1880s.
This painting will be included in the catalogue raisonn of Fantin-Latour's paintings and pastels by Galerie Brame & Lorenceau now in preparation.