The Chocolate Girl shows a simple, unknown domestic servant, until then a rarely chosen subject. Even during Liotard's life (1702 - 1789), his pastel painting was highly valued, as the description by the most famous pastel artist Rosalba Carriera as "the most beautiful pastel" demonstrates. The painting had a tremendous effect in those days, and still does so today. It also explains the art of pastel painting, in which this enchanting work has been executed. This richly illustrated volume leads the reader through the age in which it was created during the French-inspired Rococo and into the Vienna of Empress Maria Theresia, where the work was painted.
Viewing Hopper’s work through this new lens, the pieces in this volume challenge traditional interpretations of the work of this American master.The Chocolate Girl is one of the most famous works by the Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard. Although the paintings were created almost three hundred years apart and in different locations and cultural settings, they reveal intriguing similarities that go beyond resonant compositional aspects. Both artists depicted figures in scenes of solitude that allow the viewer a glimpse into the subject’s inner life, such as in Hopper’s Morning Sun, 1952, and Vermeer’s newly restored Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window. This publication offers a fresh look at Hopper’s oeuvre and analyzes it in dialogue with works by the Old Masters.Ĭentral to this catalog are points of intersection between the works of Hopper and those of artists such as Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675). Through his scenes of everyday life, he opened a window into his own emotions and thoughts. Edward Hopper and the Old Masters-a new look at the American artist.Įdward Hopper (1882–1967) is one of the most renowned American artists of the twentieth century, known for his distinctive renderings of urban life.
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