Reclining Nude
by GUILLAUMIN, Armand, Oil on canvas, 49 x 65 cm
This painting was shown at the third Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1877. It is one of the few figure paintings by Guillaumin, who was predominantly a landscape painter. In the motif of the reclining nude, Guillaumin was certainly influenced by Manet’s Olympia. The subject refers back to Renaissance painting, to the representations of Venus by Titian, Giorgione and other masters.