Antoine Vollon

Exhibited by Ambroise Duchemin

Material Charcoal with white chalk highlights on paper

Dimensions 45.6 × 30.4 cm

Status Vetted

About the Work

Lyon-born Antoine Vollon (1833-1900) was one of the most admired realist painters of his time, alongside Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and Théodule Ribot. His Salon submissions, his landscapes, and especially his still lifes – often compared to those of Jean Siméon Chardin – earned him a remarkable reputation during his lifetime. Yet despite this success, Vollon is today a somewhat forgotten figure, overshadowed by the great names of the 19th century.

Our Portrait of a Woman, rendered with striking contrasts of light and shadow, reveals a rather intimate side of Vollon’s artistic practice that attests both to the artist's draughtsmanship and to his interest in the expressive potential of the human figure in the nude.

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