Romaine
Brooks
(1874-1970)
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Romaine
Brooks
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(1874-1970)
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| While she also made some exciting drawings, her most important works
are portraits. Robert de Montesquiou dubbed her "Thief of Soul" and the
nickname is still used to explain her works. She was a perfect portraitist
who knew how to reveal the inner being of her subjects. Her works are not
only great examples of modern portraiture but rare materials with which
to understand European society in the early 20th century. She hated the
parti-coloured, multi-patterned Victorian aesthetic and loved "Mystery of
Gray." Her grays became her artistic signature. She usually painted her
figures against a subdued light, flattening them out. D'Annunzio proclaimed
her "the most profound and wise orchestrator of grays in modern painting."
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