↗France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26
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Claude Monet
ARTWORK STUDY
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France · 1913–1915
Woman with a Fan
- Date
- 1913–1915
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 161 × 97 cm
- Country / context
- France
- Movement / tradition
- European and American art
- Collection
- Museo Reina Sofía
- Attribution / role
- Museum attribution
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
Blanchard reorganises a traditional figure subject through simultaneous planes. The museum places the work in her early Cubist period and connects it with the 1915 Madrid exhibition Los pintores íntegros.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordPlace in the artist’s career
The 1913–15 Woman with a Fan fractures a figure into interacting planes; the Cleveland Still Life adds sand and collage to painted construction; the 1925 hair-combing figure restores bodily legibility within a structured picture. Compare actual added material, painted colour and the persistence of geometry across the apparent stylistic change.
The artist’s practice
Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.
Media and surface
Oil, sand and collage make surface construction physically present in the Cubist work.
Marks and structure
Geometric planes persist even when later figures become more recognisable.
Palette and light
Contrasting colour planes organise space and emotion without depending on conventional perspective.
A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
