Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of Madame S.
Karel de NeréeLinkedCulture matchlcp-adb14a667e3b
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 137175
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Karel de Nerée was a short-lived draftsman who was active in the early 1900s. His work was virtually unknown during his lifetime, with several exhibitions coming after his death from tuberculosis. This is a drawing from early in his career, around the time he was twenty years old and quietly involved with his lover, Claartje Rijnbende. She later recalled that together they would read somewhat scandalous poetry. This innocent femme fragile (fragile woman), embodying mysterious spiritual love and chaste purity, may be a portrait of Claartje. After they broke up the following year, he dropped the fragile woman as a subject for his art and switched over to the dangerous, seductive femme fatale. Netherlands, Europe
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- Proceeds from the Minneapolis Print and Drawing Fair
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