Eva Gonzalès: Au bord de la mer

EVA GONZALES (French, 1849-1883), *Au bord de la mer (Honfleur),* signed ‘Eva Gonzales’ (upper left), pastel on canvas, 18 1/4 x 15 1/8 in. (46.3 x 37.2 cm.), Executed in Honfleur in 1881, Image Source: Christie’s

“Eva Gonzalès, a former student of the so-called father of Modernism, Edouard Manet, specialized in the depiction of Parisiennes, fashionable young women engaged in the quiet rituals of domestic life. With Au bord de la mer (Honfleur), Gonzalès also demonstrated her exceptional fluency with the medium of pastel. This fully-conceived composition, executed on canvas, depicts a young woman gazing at the pale green sea off the Normandy coast. Silk fan in hand, she leans against the window sill, as if eager to feel the cooling sea breeze against her cheek.”
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