Description
Georger Seurat – Young Woman Powdering Herself
| Year of creation: | 1889-1890 |
| Original size: | 80 cm x 96 cm |
| Painting style: | Pointillism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Courtauld Institute Galleries, London |
The painting is a portrait of Madeleine Knoblock, Seurat’s mistress, who is glistening in front of a mirror in a small room. In place of the vase with flowers, the artist first painted his portrait. He later covered it with a vase of flowers.
Seurat lived secretly with Madeleine. In 1890, at an exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants, he showed the only known portrait of his lover Madeleine: Young Woman Powdering Herself.
