La bourrasque, which translates as 'The squall', formed part of a strikingly ethereal series of portraits based upon the theme of the four seasons…

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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, LUCIEN LÉVY-DHURMER's La bourrasque, with Footnotes #230

"Whatever life you lead you must put your soul in it--to make any sort of success in it; and from the moment you do that it ceases to be romance, I assure you: it becomes grim reality! And you can't always please yourself; you must sometimes please other people. That, I admit, you're very ready to do; but there's another thing that's still more important--you must often displease others. You must always be ready for that--you must never shrink from it. That doesn't suit you at all--you're too fond of admiration, you like to be thought well of. You think we can escape disagreeable duties by taking romantic views--that's your great illusion, my dear. But we can't. You must be prepared on many occasions in life to please no one at all--not even yourself." Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady || #book #bookstagram #booklover #ilovebooks #bookish #vsco #vscocam #quotes #henryjames #portraitofalady #novel #classic #books #goodreads #bibliophile #vscogrid #instapic #picoftheday #picofday #pic #photography #art #instagood #instamood #moodgram #bookgeek #bookme #shelfie #booked #read https://www.instagram.com/p/BJM3hEsBekc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Portrait of a Lady Frederic Malle 

A very beautiful, fresh rose. Clean and shiny, with a hint of clean patchouli swirling in the background. Long lasting and high quality. very widespread. Reminds me of a little Coco Mademoiselle.

Fortunately, Chanel 5 is not a mature type. This is a more modern take on the old-school, feminine rose scent. It is very elegant and mature. Think of a classy, ​​slim, middle-aged woman, in a cocktail dress, eyeglasses, and a Degradeh haircut.

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Portrait of an Elegant Lady

Allegory of Spring

Woman with Daisies

Girl with roses

A dinner table at night

T.S. Eliot: The Man, The  Myth, The Misogynist...

Reading time: 2 mins

Welcome to T.S. Eliot. A world full of patriarchy and inequality.

Where to start? Well, just putting it out there that I am yet to find a poem by T.S. Eliot that doesn’t contain sexism in one form or another.

First things first, let’s talk about ‘Portrait of a Lady’. Published in 1915, it perhaps comes as no surprise that it has a misogynistic tone.

Amy Hagan says that Eliot’s ‘juxtaposing terms’ to describe the woman in his poem is telling of his prejudice towards women. You only need to look at the shift from referring to her as ‘Lady’ to ‘wench’. Sexism alert. In my opinion, this archaic slur screams misogyny. Wench meaning a prostitute. Just so you know, offense was taken by the way Mr. Eliot.

In his essay, James Warwood details that Eliot’s poems are riddled with a ‘misogynistic treatment’ of women (More than anything, I’m glad that it’s not just me that thinks this). For example, the speaker repeatedly refers to the woman as ‘it’. Fyi: this is very problematic. By referring to this woman as an ‘it’ the speaker is ‘denying [she is] a real person’ and instead, treating her as though she is an ‘inanimate object’.

Ah, the objectification of women – classic 20th Century. In other words, implying that because she is a woman, she is inferior to the male speaker. Hagan also notices this in Portrait of a Lady as she concludes that the Lady is ‘reduced to an object’.

His ‘patriarchal and sexist ideas’ on femininity are also clear in ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ (1915). Eliot’s opinion on women is made even more obvious in this poem. Especially when the speaker rattles on about the mermaids and how he has ‘heard [them] singing’. Wijangco makes a point of saying that mermaids are thought to ‘prey on men by luring them to the sea using their voices’.

Note to self: don’t confuse mermaids with sirens.

To put it simply, in ‘Portrait of a Lady’ the women are prostitutes and in ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ women are femme fatales. In both poems, women are portrayed in a negative way. Are you surprised? As I said above, these poems were written in the 20th Century. In fact, Louis Menand decided that Eliot’s work is based on a ‘horror of female sexuality’.

It is implied that Eliot’s poem ‘Preludes’ is about a woman. Particularly in the 3rd section where the speaker says that they ‘curled the papers from your hair’ – an action typically done by women.

So, if ‘Preludes’ (1917) is about a woman, what sort of woman does Eliot present to us?

Well, in the same section, the speaker mentions that the woman has a ‘thousand sordid images’ which is thought to confirm the woman to be a prostitute. These unsavoury images can be seen to represent how the work of a prostitute was considered to be ‘sinful’ as Francesca Cavaliere explains. After all, ‘there is nothing impure in sex – except in the mental attitude to it’.

But why does Eliot present the women in his poems as objects and prostitutes you may be asking? I think that it could have a lot to do with the expected roles for women in society (submissive and dependent on men).

Especially as in her Feminist Manifesto, Mina Loy details that women have a ‘choice between Parasitism’ or ‘Prostitution’… In other words, women in the 20th Century were either wives (a parasite) who needs a host (a man) in order to survive and grow, or alternatively, a prostitute: either way both types of women are reliant on men for financial stability.

All in all, his poems do, to a degree, reflect the misogynistic climate of the 20th Century, they also present his sexist and gendered prejudice views.

"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself." - Oscar Wilde 🎨

A digital watercolor sketch based on "Mrs John Montresor" by John Singleton Copley. Watercolors and pencils are great companions not only in traditional art, but in digital as well. My "digital watercolor in Procreate" phase is passing slowly. I produced a lot of works and sketches (which I will post this week). It was very inspiring to join it with classic paintings studies. I am curious what will be next. . . . #masterstudychallenge #masterstudy #watercolorprocreate #procreatewatercolor #kylebrushes #photoshopbrushes #procreateillustrations # illustrated #retropainting #ipadpropainting #historicfashion #fashionillustrationsketch #ipainteveryday #portraitofalady #oldfashionedillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Rqx-Yjlg1/?igshid=1rcvh1dpxy9kh

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I got asked to do some headshots for a young lady. I did all the traditional shots I could think of. I tried to make her look like the lovely kid she is. But her soul is very very old and had obviously been around for millennia. Her mom said later the agent thought she was too old looking lol. And even before she told me that, I was compelled to play around with one of the shots, to show what I saw in her eyes. It’s still one of my FAVORITE portraits. One day this kids earthly self will match the wisdom in her eyes.... and y’all will know her name. I’m sure of it. #headshots #butnotreally #portraitphotography #portraits #oldsoul #bruja #beautiful #youngwoman #portraitofalady #tenyearsofphotos #endofthedecade #lookingback #instaphoto #canonphotography #retro #2017 #2009to2019 (at Sugar Hill Harlem) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PGoUCBJJq/?igshid=64s9jckz8jg6

The daughter of MLB player Albert “Cod” Myers, Ernestine Myers (1900-91) was born in Terre Haute. She performed acrobatic toe dances, ballet and Creole folk styles in both Keith and Shubert vaudeville, and in the legit she danced with the Ziegfeld Follies and in the extravaganza Sinbad (1918) with Al Jolson…

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04 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Orval Hixon's Ernestine Meyers, with Footnotes #231

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of a Lady and Portrait of Young Lady @obljewellery art earrings. Portrait of a Lady was painted in 1916-17 by Gustav Klimt towards the end of his life. The portrait 10 months before it was stolen, art student spotted that it had been painted over another Klimt painting, Portrait of Young Lady had not been seen since 1912. “The Young Lady had a scarf and a hat but they both had in common the same glance over the left shoulder, the same smile and the same beauty spot on the left cheek," the student says. She persuaded the Piacenza gallery's former director to have it X-rayed. The story behind the painting was; Klimt had fallen in love with a young girl from Vienna, it was said, who had quickly become his muse. Then, when she died, he painted over her portrait to forget the pain of his loss. The original painting was of a young girl from Vienna who had died. Klimt had painted over the portrait to forget the pain of her death. On Monday a Painting found behind hidden door in Italian gallery may be stolen Klimt. #klimt #gustaveklimt #portraitofyounglady #portraitofalady #stolenart #etsy #etsyart #mismatchedearrings #artearrings #artbasedjewellery #artsyearrings #portraitearrings #etsyclub #etsy_best #uniquegifts #greenearrings #artlovers #viennaartist #mysteriousart #italiangallery #piacenzagallery https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BY7fCoUF6/?igshid=5fggyinvnjp3

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Two Frederic Malle numbers I've been wearing this year. I bought Portrait of a Lady because it's a rose/patchouli number with a bit of spice and I’ve always loved a good rose-patch combo. Carnal Flower is a calming white floral number that I wouldn’t have tried myself. I really thought I'd wear Portrait of a Lady everyday, but it is so intense and one spray lasts for so long (it's on my sweaters and clothes for days), that I didn't reach for it as often as I thought I would. I do think that it's a forever scent for me - I've never smelled anything that even comes close to it, and the spiciness is intoxicating. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Carnal Flower on the other hand is super chill and always settles me down. It's like walking into a cool damp garden before nightfall, and enjoying the air by yourself. Again, a forever smell for me - the more white florals I smell, the more I appreciate the subtlety of Carnal Flower. It's impossible to find a coconut note in scents that's not too fake or too sweet, and this savoury take on it is refreshing. This is a green damp Tuberose garden. #carnalflower #poal #portraitofalady #fredericmalle #fredericmalleparfum #perfumereviews #perfumefamilyportrait #sotd #scented #fragcomm #perfumelove https://www.instagram.com/p/CYE71ESue9a/?utm_medium=tumblr

“True Beauty Never Fades,” from the visual poetry series Chapeaux-to-Go ... #ladiesinhats #vintagehats #mannequin #mannekin #hatted #bygoneera #lightandshadows #thefloatingpoet #flaneur #lafemme #alamode #pleinairimagery #visualpoetry #visualstoryteller #colingoedecke #faded #strawhat #jenesaisquoi #tintype #portraitofalady #summerstrawhat #chapeau #chiaroscuro #beautyiseverywhere #visualpoet #hatlover #lips https://www.instagram.com/p/BnXIwwtFt9z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13d4ke1hjdzx5

Portrait of a Lady. Some new art. Slight vintage vibe. . . . . #artbysfhonn #portrait #portraitofalady #artwork #makingfaces #beauty #brlleza #ilustracao #ilustradora (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTuq5GzpWMO/?utm_medium=tumblr