Mar 5
Awaiting His Return (En attendant son retour) (19th century) by Auguste Raynaud (French, 1854 – 1937), signed "A RAYNAUD" in the lower left, oil on canvas, 54 cm x 92 cm (21 1/4 in x 36 1/4 in), Private Collection
#Awaiting His Return#En attendant son retour#Auguste Raynaud#painting#my upload#oil on canvas#art#fine art#19th century#genre scene#Influenced by Pre-Raphaelite Symbolist and Orientalist themes#depicts a woman in a poetic melancholic or quiet setting embodying themes of longing patience and silent emotional narrative#The title and subject evoke a sense of longing solitude and patience common in 19th-century sentimental romantic or symbolic art#Raynaud’s works are often noted for having a poetic lyrical and sometimes symbolic quality#with influences from his travels to Italy Spain and Morocco
