Saturday, September 5, 2009

Salome as a Nightclub Dancer

Salome (1906) by the American painter Robert Henri (1865–1929).

Henri studied in France under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and changed later to Impressionism – I’m sure that Bouguereau never forgave him that. Back in the USA he became a leading member of the Ashcan School movement.

Henri was a modern realist painter and so he depicts a contemporary nightclub dancer posing as Salome. At the beginning of the 20th century history is no longer portrayable it’s only raw material for dramatic effects.
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3 comments:

  1. Nicjor79September 5, 2009 at 7:07 PM

    This is possibly my favorite depiction of Salome yet. :)

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  2. MálagaSeptember 7, 2009 at 1:05 AM

    Interesting point of view.

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  3. JudySeptember 7, 2009 at 5:44 AM

    The big "realistic" paintings, which pretended to show these bible scenes how they may have been, disappeared with the 20th century. What remained was a play with myths, irony and quotations of older - i.e. classical - paintings.

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