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Boudoir, Chateau de Chaalis
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About this work
This château was once the home of an aristocrat who left it to the French Institute in Paris as a museum with all the art objects and furnishings intact. In 1914, its curator invited Walter Gay to visit and allowed him to paint this opulent chamber. A contemporary critic praised Gay’s paintings, saying that “the personality of the people who live in these chateaux has also been suggested and indicated in an extraordinary manner; we can feel their presence.” (Reynolds, “The Spirit of Empty Rooms: Walter Gay’s Paintings of Interiors,” The Magazine Antiques, March 1990)
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBoudoir, Chateau de Chaalis. 1914. Walter Gay, born Hingham, MA 1856-died Breau, France 1937. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harper Fletcher in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Wolcott Wadsworth. CC0.
