The finished work is changed to the more formal setting, suggestive of a music lesson abandoned halfway through in favour of a passionate encounter.
The artist was highly fascinated by the French lifestyle and its dark side.
Rowena 2008 Image via LA Times The contemporary artist Gillian Wearing explores questions of identity in her work.
She resided alone with her dreams and thus painted her own self.
These so-called Forms are the basis of the reality we perceive.
There is a melancholic expression on the faces of the subjects.