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Light spilling into the evening

An Evening at Pré-Catelan contrasts the glowing restaurant windows with the dark garden and blue evening sky. Figures gather along the building and around the tables inside. The broad horizontal view allows separate encounters to remain visible within one larger setting of architecture, foliage and artificial light.

Pictures within the picture

A Session of the Painting Jury groups standing and seated people around paintings, easels and a large table. A pale overhead canopy spreads light across the room. The displayed canvases create additional planes within the composition, turning the act of looking at art into the subject of the work.

A pause beside the barre

Ballerinas brings pale skirts and a yellow costume against the quieter tones of the rehearsal room. The figures are connected through angled arms and turned bodies rather than a single frontal pose. This smaller setting offers a different rhythm from the crowded society scenes.

Related artists and collections

Continue the ballet subjects with Edgar Degas and Pierre Carrier-Belleuse. For fashionable figures and social encounters, compare James Tissot. Further Paris scenes and figurative prints connect the restaurants, theatre spaces and individual sitters represented here.

Read more in our guide to Henri Gervex.