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| Keywords: Thomas Couture - Daydreams - Walters 3744.jpg Since the 16th century a figure blowing bubbles has served as an allegory for the vice of vanity A schoolboy slouches on a chair beside his unopened books as bubbles drift overhead The note tucked in the broken glass reads Le Parasseux indigne de vivre the lazy one unworthy of living The soap bubbles and the crumbling wall suggest the fleeting nature of time and the laurel wreath symbolizes glory ignored Rejecting prevailing academic traditions Couture developed a highly personal technique involving bright colors and expressive paint textures which was based on his studies of Venetian works in the Louvre Museum He frequently depicted contemporary subjects but filled them with moral overtones An influential teacher Couture trained such artists as Edouard Manet Puvis de Chavannes Mary Cassatt and Eastman Johnson 1859 Oil on canvas cm 118 90 3 ; Framed cm 154 9 142 2 14 6 accession number 37 44 12349 Henry Probasco Cincinnati date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Probasco Sale American Art Association New York April 18 1887 no 45 William T Walters city Baltimore Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1887 Signature Lower right TC; Date Lower right 1859; Inscription Lower right Le Paresseux/indigne/de vivre Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach; Royal Academy of Arts London; Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo; Dayton Art Institute Dayton 2000-2002 A Magnificent Age Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Baltimore The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art Charlotte; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002-2004 Before Monet Landscape Painting in France and Impressionist Masters Highlights from The Walters Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998 place of origin Spain Walters Art Museum license 2D Thomas Couture French paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1850s paintings from France 1859 paintings Daydreams in art | ||||
