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Séraphine de Senlis
(3rd Sep, 1864 - 11th Dec, 1942)
L'arbre du paradis
Credit:
Photo (C) Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jacqueline Hyde
Senlis, musée d'Art et d'Archéologie
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Keywords:
tree (all)
tree of life
Naive art
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Color #1d0200
Color #c5c9c7
Color #3c4142
Color #ad8150
Color #607c8e
Color #875f42
Color #4b0101
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About the artwork
Title:
L'arbre du paradis
Periods:
20th century
contemporary period from 1914 until today
XXth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
1950 x 1300
Inventory number:
AM2817P
Detail:
(vers 1929)
About the author(s)
Author:
Séraphine de Senlis
Also known as:
Louis Séraphine
Born:
3rd Sep, 1864
Dead:
11th Dec, 1942
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Séraphine Louis
, known as
Séraphine de Senlis
(
Séraphine of Senlis
) (1864–1942), was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. The intensity of her images, both in colour and in replicative designs, are sometimes interpreted as a reflection of her own psyche, walking a tightrope between ecstasy and mental illness.
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