Monday, October 31, 2011

Paul-Narcisse Salières - Faïence Restorer [1848]


This painting was displayed at the Paris Salon of 1848. Salières, (French, Carcassonne, 1818 - Marseilles, 1908) a student of the academic painter Paul Delaroche, made his debut at the Salon the prior year. Ostensibly an unassuming genre scene taken from everyday life, the broken vessel held by the girl may also be read as a symbol of lost innocence.

[Oil on canvas, 59 x 59 cm]
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