Albert Beck Wenzell is famous for his images of the scenes of the "Belle Epoque". In this picture he showed the society of the nouveaux riches, which appeared at that time. A characteristic feature of the time were marriage of convenience between girls from wealthy families and poor aristocrats. The young women depicted on the canvas are luxuriously richly dressed, and their poses give off arrogance. And the artist deliberately exaggerates these qualities, but he does it brilliantly and masterfully. [Expand]
Men are shown overly self-assured, deliberately careless and mannered. In general, aspiration of people of that time by any means to rise on a social ladder was drown ridicule by Wenzell. In addition, the thoroughness with which the artist depicts dresses is worth notice - silk dresses, snow-white shirts - characters, glitter, texture and color of fabrics.
Albert Beck Wenzell is famous for his images of the scenes of the "Belle Epoque". In this picture he showed the society of the nouveaux riches, which appeared at that time. A characteristic feature of the time were marriage of convenience between girls from wealthy families and poor aristocrats. The young women depicted on the canvas are luxuriously richly dressed, and their poses give off arrogance. And the artist deliberately exaggerates these qualities, but he does it brilliantly and masterfully. [Expand]
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Tags: women's dresses, men's suits, white shirts, wall painting, light chairs, carved legs, women's hairstyles, light walls, dialogue, thoughtful looks
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