Mar 19
Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilpéric"
Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)
Date: 1895-1896
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
Description
One of the largest and most elaborate paintings Toulouse-Lautrec ever created, Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero in "Chilpéric" depicts the very scene the artist so enjoyed, in which Galeswinthe performs the bolero, a lively dance from her native Spain, for her future husband and his courtiers. She dominates the center of the composition. Dressed in a Spanish-inspired costume composed of black and bright complementary shades of red and green, her body is described in strong, sinuous lines.
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