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| 2023-05-08 196 Study of Three Heads (~1870); Henri Regnault, Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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On this small canvas, likely painted in Tangiers, Morocco, Regnault depicts the heads of three men. Suspended in space, they are surrounded by a whilte background of thick brushstrokes, drawing our attention to their faces. . Noting the appeal of such studies and encapsulating a key debate about finish in the 1880s, a French critic asked: "Why foes a beautiful sketch please us more than a beautiful painting?" |