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Camille METRA or METRA-HUBBARD
The Thule King's Cup

1896

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Camille METRA or METRA-HUBBARD (XIX - XX) The Thule King's Cup Oil on canvas Signed lower right and dated 1896. 113,5 x 146 cm Presentation at Union Exhibition of Women Painters and Sculptors 1896 under number 627 Figure painter and pastelist. She exhibited two works at the Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1895 under her maiden name METRA and implemented in 1896 in the same Salon as METRA-HUBBARD. Effectively, she married Monsieur Gustave Hubbard, Deputy of Seine et Oise, August 14, 1895. She was a member of the Union of Women Painters and regularly exhibited at the annual exhibition of 1891 to 1911 and she was repeatedly remarked. This painting refers to a poem published in 1782 by Goethe and resume it widely in his Faust (Part 1, 2759-82 lines). This poem will go to the full mode romantic nineteenth century by various translations of which the best known are Gérard de Nerval (1827) and later Louise Ackermann (1863). Franz Schubert in 1816, Hector Berlioz in 1845 and Charles Gounod in 1859 traduced this poem into music in their operas.
  • Creator:
    Camille METRA or METRA-HUBBARD (French)
  • Creation Year:
    1896
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 44.89 in (114 cm)Width: 57.49 in (146 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: T29 03 141stDibs: LU1954210246782
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