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Elisabeth SONREL (1800-1872)

Fleurs de serre

[ca 1900], 26,8x59cm, une feuille.

Lithograph laminated on cardboard. About 1900.
It is part of a series of four symbolic female representations, called Flowers , which includes Flowers of the Mountain, Flowers of the Fields, Flowers of Water and Flowers of Greenhouse . Signed lower right in the stone. According to watercolors exhibited at the Salon des Artistes from 1893 to 1941.
Elisabeth Sonrel, born in 1874 in Tours, studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studio of the painter Jules Lefebvre. An artist with symbolist affinities, she draws her inspiration from Renaissance painting, notably the style of Botticelli for this series as well as for the series Seasons . Made in a typically Art Nouveau style, the Flowers are part of a trend inherited from the pre-Raphaelites of the late 19th century who like to represent the woman against a backdrop of luxuriant vegetation. The curved lines that frame the representation blend into the flourishing floral decoration. The silhouette, an allegory dressed in the antique, stands behind the laurels, carrying at her side of daisies, blueberries, buttons of gold and yarrow. This type of lithographic series   Had a decisive role in the spread of Art Nouveau, the graphic arts of that contemporary being declined in posters, almanacs and newspapers.
 

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