The art of Marianne Stokes (1855-1927)

[randy_byers]

When I was poking around looking at Symbolist painters recently, I came across Marianne Stokes' meditative portrait of Melisande (from the Maeterlinck play Pelleas and Melisande, which Debussy adapted into an opera). Stokes was not herself a Symbolist, and the Wikipedia article says she started out painting in a rustic naturalist vein but

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[holyoutlaw]

Very nice!

[bomsnose]

The early ones I find magical.

[randy_byers]

It hasn't been easy to find dates for her paintings, and I'm not completely sure of the ones I've posted so far. Still digging ...