Study for "Le Poème de l’âme" (The Poem of the Soul)

ca. 1861

Not on view

The Lyonnais painter Janmot spent the majority of his career working on his "Poème de l’âme" (Poem of the Soul), which is comprised of eighteen paintings and sixteen large-scale drawings accompanied by an epic poem (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon). This drawing, annotated with the title of the series, appears to be a study for a figure in one of the later finished drawings, "Rêve de feu" (Dream of fire). In this delicate sketch, the young woman's closed eyes and the soft light that cascades across her face contribute to a dream-like quality. Janmot, whose work is difficult to classify stylistically for his time, is often described as "proto-Symbolist."

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Title: Study for "Le Poème de l’âme" (The Poem of the Soul)
Artist: Anne-François-Louis Janmot (French, Lyon 1814–1892 Lyon)
Date: ca. 1861
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 3/4 in. (18 × 12 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Rochelle C. Rosenberg and Mr. Mark H. Rosenberg Gift, 2024
Object Number: 2024.619
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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