Bacchante à l’œil-de-bœuf (1905) by Louise Abbéma Style:Black frame sharp side-eye

sharp side-eye

impact and masculine spectacle

the original piece blends old-school printmaking craft with contemporary queer expression

Read beside Sargent’s later hidden male nudes

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Bacchante à l’œil-de-bœuf (1905) by Louise Abbéma Style:Black frame sharp side-eyeLouise Abbmas Bacchante lil de buf (1905) turns a fashion magazine cover into a floral spell. Framed in a round window, a Bacchante follower of Bacchus, god of wine and ecstasy appears crowned with grapes and autumn leaves. No confirmed sitter is attached; the charge sits with Abbma herself. A celebrated Belle poque artist, she was closely linked to Sarah Bernhardt, her friend and possibly lover. Here, femininity becomes performance, pleasure and