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Woman in Profile
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About this work
Henri Martin was an important French painter from Toulouse known for his contributions to the Neo-Impressionist movement. He painted this striking depiction of a woman seated outdoors before tall trees at a moment when he was just beginning to develop his mature style. The figure and background are painted with short, thickly applied strokes of pure color, filling the composition with energy and life. The trees are rendered with small hatching strokes and form a background of nearly abstract, decorative shapes.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineWoman in Profile, c. 1889. Henri Jean Guillaume Martin (French, 1860–1943). Oil on canvas; unframed: 23.2 x 45.3 cm (9 1/8 x 17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2022.433
