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Pick's work has often been interpreted as autobiographical. However, in an interview published in her 2009 monograph Seraphine Pick the artist stated: I choose images because I like them, not because of any meaning they might have. I might take images from something I've seen or read, or I'll make them up, and that image becomes the starting point.
Séraphine Louis, known as Séraphine de Senlis (Séraphine of Senlis; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter in the Outsider art. [1] Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art.
La Mousmé's outfit is a blend of modern and traditional. Her outfit is certainly modern. The bright colors of skirt and jacket are of the southern region of Arles. Regarding Van Gogh's painting of her features, his greatest attention is focused on the girls face, giving her the coloring of a girl from Arles, but with a Japanese influence.
The film has received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 89% of 92 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 7.5/10. . The site's consensus states that "Seraphine is a well-crafted French film that effectively captures one woman's experience with art, religion, and mental illness, and features a brilliant performance from Yolande Morea
Seraphine is an international maternity fashion label and store. [2] The company was founded by French-born designer Cecile Reinaud [3] in 2002. [4] Seraphine is based in London and has stores in Dubai, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States and France.
The painting was sold by M. Knoedler & Co., New York and London, in November 1925 to Andrew W. Mellon for $290,000, who deeded it on March 30, 1932, to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust in Pittsburgh (a holding-place for Mellon's pictures while the National Gallery of Art was being established). The trust gave it to the NGA in 1937.
Young Girls is a portrait painting in oil on canvas, which measures 164 cm × 133 cm (65 in × 52 in). [6] Set in an affluent home, it depicts two similarly aged women sat on chairs in close proximity.
Face to face with the woman who is Tretchi's Chinese Girl" at Mail & Guardian "'Chinese Girl': The Mona Lisa of kitsch" at The Independent "'I never made money from the Green Lady,' says Tretchikoff's model" at The Guardian "Gaze of the Green Lady" at BBC News "I was the Chinese Girl in Tretchikoff's painting" BBC News.