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Victoria Duburg (Fantin-Latour) (Victoria Dubourg (Fantin-Latour); December 1, 1840, Paris - September 30, 1926, Byure) - French painter, wife Henri Fantin-Latour.
Features of the artist Victoria Duburg: Painted flower still lifes, similar to the work of her husband. Their paintings are sometimes confused, although researchers note the peculiarities of Victoria Düburg's style - she paid more attention to working with the nuances of color and the compositional solution of still lifes.
Famous paintings by Victoria Duburg: "Basket with Zinnia", "Table Corner", "White roses in a vase", "Still life with pink and white acacia"
Victoria Duburg studied painting with portrait painter Fanny Cheron. In 1866, while copying paintings in the Louvre, she met the artist Henri Fantin-Latour, and 10 years later they got married. Their marriage made friends happy - Edouard Manet, Bertu morizo, Edgar Degas, they claimed that unsociable and shy Henri had changed for the better.
Degas wrote portrait of Victoria, on him she is in a lush brown dress, an earthy and at the same time special woman. The artist in the picture focuses on her hands and her posture - she sits, bent over to her interlocutor and seems to be listening attentively.
Such was Victoria, an intelligent woman who knew how to listen and helped Henri Fantin-Latour in his work. At the same time, the artist continued to paint herself, regularly exhibited her still lifes at the Salon and in 1895 received a medal.
After the death of her husband in 1904, Victoria was engaged in organizing exhibitions and compiling a catalog of paintings by Henri Fantin-Latour.
Author: Alexandra Berezhnaya
Features of the artist Victoria Duburg: Painted flower still lifes, similar to the work of her husband. Their paintings are sometimes confused, although researchers note the peculiarities of Victoria Düburg's style - she paid more attention to working with the nuances of color and the compositional solution of still lifes.
Famous paintings by Victoria Duburg: "Basket with Zinnia", "Table Corner", "White roses in a vase", "Still life with pink and white acacia"
Victoria Duburg studied painting with portrait painter Fanny Cheron. In 1866, while copying paintings in the Louvre, she met the artist Henri Fantin-Latour, and 10 years later they got married. Their marriage made friends happy - Edouard Manet, Bertu morizo, Edgar Degas, they claimed that unsociable and shy Henri had changed for the better.
Degas wrote portrait of Victoria, on him she is in a lush brown dress, an earthy and at the same time special woman. The artist in the picture focuses on her hands and her posture - she sits, bent over to her interlocutor and seems to be listening attentively.
Such was Victoria, an intelligent woman who knew how to listen and helped Henri Fantin-Latour in his work. At the same time, the artist continued to paint herself, regularly exhibited her still lifes at the Salon and in 1895 received a medal.
After the death of her husband in 1904, Victoria was engaged in organizing exhibitions and compiling a catalog of paintings by Henri Fantin-Latour.
Author: Alexandra Berezhnaya
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