Artwork Title: L'Aurore or L'Aube arrachant les Ténèbres

L'Aurore or L'Aube arrachant les Ténèbres

Léon Frédéric

Frédéric's works from the early 1890's concentrated almost exclusively on symbolist subjects, such as L'Aurore. His paintings were praised by Fernand Khnopff in The Studio and published in foreign journals such as the Austrian Ver Sacrum. Thus the artist became internationally known and his work was exhibited in Paris, Venice and Munich. Such visionary canvases as the present work combine Symbolism with a blend of Realism and Neo-Classicism, and his pantheistic view of nature created a unique treatment of traditional iconography. Aurora, the Greek goddess of dawn and sister of the sun-god Helios, stands draped by a black veil, contrasting with the traditional treatment of the subject, scattering flowers from a four-horse chariot. (http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/leon-henri-marie-frederic-belgian,-1856-1940-201-c-akw6uzmo5b)
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