tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656655120559040924.post5509439197855136317..comments2023-07-13T01:32:18.742-07:00Comments on Portraits of an Artist: Franz Hals - Inspiration for Sargent's Madame X?mfbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422978541434328698noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656655120559040924.post-63126212788209888442013-05-04T20:47:33.860-07:002013-05-04T20:47:33.860-07:00For some reason I don't think the pose was pla...For some reason I don't think the pose was planned, he really struggled with the right pose for Amelié, I believe this goal was to paint her in profile, which is where she looked the most striking, but then he didn't want to paint her body from the side for then he would miss out on her hour-glass figure, so the most torturous pose in art history happened, out of necessity rather than style. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com