Marie Bracquemond, 1887
Pierre Bracquemond painting a bouquet of flowers
In this sensitive rendering, Marie Bracquemond’s son Pierre practices his painting—a still life. Pierre was 17 at the time of this painting. Three years later, Marie gave up painting professionally, a bitter sacrifice motivated by her husband Felix Bracquemond. Felix was also a painter, who Pierre described as growing increasingly bitter over his wife’s success with the Salon. read more
