Bacchante à l’œil-de-bœuf (1905) by Louise Abbéma Style:Black frame the original piece blends old-school

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

Read beside Sargent’s later hidden male nudes

associated with Mir Iskusstva

impact and masculine spectacle

Whether you’re part of the LGBTQ community or an ally

Bacchante à l’œil-de-bœuf (1905) by Louise Abbéma Style:Black frame the original piece blends old-schoolLouise 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