Product Description
Less matador, more dandy at a summer party. Neoclassical Pop Art painted this pink version as its own new version, a new canvas from a nineteenth-century studio pose. Pink makes the costume playful and keeps the composition intact.
Neoclassical Pop Art's “Majo Style” repaints “Young Man in the Costume of a Majo” by Édouard Manet (1863, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) in pink, keeping the costume and lightening the mood.
Manet's younger brother Gustave posed model as this fashionable young Spaniards known as majos, wearing the same trousers and bolero jacket worn by model Victorine Meurent in Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada.
In 1804, at the dawn of the French Empire, only a few Spanish paintings were displayed in public collections in France. But, during the nineteenth century, French collectors and museum, acquired works by Spanish masters as El Greco, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo, and Goya. The exposure to the Spanish Golden Age craftsmanship influenced the creation of French writers and artists, amongst Hugo, Delacroix, Degas, and especially Manet.
This painting demonstrates the strong influence of Diego Velázquez and other Spanish art over Manet's artwork. It was first exhibited at that year's Salon des Refusés and admired by most critics, although some complained that the Majo lacked psychological expression.
A collectible original artwork. Created by the Neoclassical Pop Art studio as an original contemporary painting.
Flamboyance with a light touch.
A collectible statement piece where the Old Masters meet pop culture, made for true art lovers.
- Creator : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Year of Creation : 2018
- Dimensions : Available in 4 sizes, from 16"x24" (41x61 cm) to 48"x72" (122x183 cm), or a custom size on request
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Movement & Style : Neoclassical Pop Art
- Hand-painted in oil on stretched canvas
