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| Title | Interior of a Room with a Female Artist | |
| Alternative Title | Interior of a Room with a Lady Painting | |
| Collection | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle | |
| Artist | French School | |
| Date Earliest | probably about 1840 | |
| Date Latest | probably about 1860 | |
| Description | There were numerous amateur artists in nineteenth-century Paris who wanted to keep abreast of developments in painting as shown in the Salon and dealers' galleries. Their work tended to be smaller scale and less ambitious. Many of these artists were women, for whom a number of specialised studios opened, like that run by Charles Chaplin. Though restricted in subject matter (women were not supposed to study the nude), they could attain international status. The author of this anonymous work is presumably the lady we see painting, and represents her bedroom. It is of great interest as a record of a typical nineteenth-century interior, perhaps that of someone of greater piety that usual. | |
| Current Accession Number | B.M.379 | |
| Former Accession Number | No. 414 | |
| Subject | interior; figure | |
| Measurements | 32.8 x 28.7 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. | |
| Publications | Coutts, H., The Road to Impressionism: Joséphine Bowes and Painting in Nineteenth Century France , Barnard Castle, 2002, p. 90, pl. 98. | |
| Notes | The date is approximated, based on the interior style. The inventory number used to be no. 414 in Bowes' mss. list. | |
| Rights Owner | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham | |
| Author | Dr Maylis Hopewell-Curie | |