Diana at the Bath
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Like many 1920s figure painters, Lorser Feitelson attempted to interpret the ideal, or perfected, human form in a distinctly modern way. In this mythological subject, he based the exuberantly contoured figures and complex, dance-like composition on the elongated figures and virtuoso compositions of sixteenth-century Italian Mannerism and its nineteenth-century French heir, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Working in Paris, Feitelson no doubt was aware that Pablo Picasso had already moved in this direction, creating beautifully outlined figures inspired by classical sculpture and Renaissance painting. Although this work’s chalky, fresco-like colors also refer to Renaissance art, the figures are lithe, athletic, and unmistakably modern.
Caption
I. Lorser Feitelson American, 1898–1978. Diana at the Bath, 1922. Oil on canvas, 98 1/2 x 69 3/8 in. (250.2 x 176.2 cm) Frame: 104 7/8 x 75 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (266.4 x 192.4 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 24.96. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 24.96_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Diana at the Bath
Date
1922
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
98 1/2 x 69 3/8 in. (250.2 x 176.2 cm) Frame: 104 7/8 x 75 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (266.4 x 192.4 x 7 cm)
Signatures
Signed and dated lower right: "FEITELSON '22"
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Accession Number
24.96
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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