Young Woman under a Tree at Sunset, called 'Autumn'
1855 - 1900
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21.2; 9.6; 37.8; 3.2
About this artwork
drager: hoogte 37,8 cm x breedte 21,2 cm x dikte 3,2 cm (incl. achterkantbescherming)
Art Historical Context
Henri Fantin-Latour’s “Young Woman under a Tree at Sunset, called ‘Autumn’” captures a quiet, symbolic moment in a compact oil-on-canvas format measuring just 37.8 by 21.2 centimeters. Created sometime between 1855 and 1900, the painting presents a solitary female figure beneath a tree bathed in the golden light of dusk, evoking the season’s contemplative mood. The modest scale invites close viewing, suggesting the work may have been intended for private contemplation rather than grand exhibition. Fantin-Latour, known for his precise yet poetic approach, blended realist observation with symbo...
About the Artist
Henri Fantin-Latour · 1836–1904
Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour was born on January 14, 1836, in Grenoble, France, to portrait painter Théodore Fantin-Latour, who gave him his earliest drawing lessons. The family relocated to Paris in 1841, where in 1850, at age 14, he enrolled in the École de Dessin, studying under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose innovative memory-based method of drawing from observation profoundly ...