"The Meeting"

Digital copy of photograph of Marie Bashkirtseff's
"The Meeting".

The quoted text in the next paragraph is the caption below the 1894 lithographic reproduction of Marie Bashkirtseff's, "The Meeting", as published in Scenes of the World, published Chicago, 1894. This 1894 lithograph plate as published is 8 inches by 10 inches.

"The Meeting," by Marie Bashkirtseff.--This painting is the one that was done by Marie Bashkirtseff and purchased by the French government. She was altogether a most unique character as the following will show: "Last winter I went to pay my respects to a Russian lady who was stopping with Marie Bashkirtseff. Scarcely was I seated when my attention was arrested by a large portrait of one of the young ladies present--a perfect likeness, freely and boldly treated, with all the fougue of a master's brush. "It is my daughter Marie,' said Madame Bashkirtseff to me, "who painted this portrait of her cousin.' I began to say something complimentary. I could not go on. Another canvas, and another, and still another, attracted me, revealing to me an exceptional artist. At this moment Mademoiselle Bashkirtseff appeared. I saw her but once. I saw her only for an hour. I shall never forget her. Everything in this girl betrayed a superior mind. She, without false modesty, acknowledged her high ambitions and her impatience for fame. In order to see her other works we went to her studio. By instinct I went straight to the chef d'oeuvre--to that 'Meeting' which has engrossed so much attention. A group of little Parisian street boys, talking seriously together, undoubtedly planning some mischief, before a wooden fence at the corner of a street. It is a chef d'oeuvre I maintain. The faces and the attitudes of the children are strikingly real."

NOTE: Unfortunately the forgoing "caption" cannot be ascribed to any one individual at the present time, because the 'descriptions' were written by "an extensive corps of distinguished tourists, and the whole produced under the personal supervision of Mr. Raymond." This is indeed unfortunate. It would be great to know who personally visited with and wrote about Ms. Bashkirtseff. Effective published copyright, ©Mickey Cox 2002. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Unless otherwise noted, all digital photographic reproductions here are ©Mickey Cox 2002/The Right Image Photography and are obtained from photographs taken prior to the year of publication of 1894. Research is pending and will be posted on the subject artist. Please check back as posted research will be ongoing for each posting.