Ottoman Beauty with a Butterfly
by Harold H Piffard
Title
Ottoman Beauty with a Butterfly
Artist
Harold H Piffard
Medium
Painting - Print On Paper
Description
Portrait of a dark-haired young woman in a Turkish-style garden gazing at a butterfly with the distracted air of someone who is very, very stoned, by little-known British artist and sometime aeronaut Harold H. Piffard (1867-1938). Though billed as an Ottoman beauty, the young woman in the picture is clearly European, complete with Louis Brooks hair-do and heavy-lidded, dark-rimmed eyes, giving proceedings an air of exotic contrivance that still manages to charm and allure. As for Piffard's handling of the range of textures in the picture - the glossy sheen of skin, silk gown and polished brass tea pot - is nothing less than masterful.
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December 3rd, 2020
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