Morning Chores Gold Silver & Bronze probably the last of her

probably the last of her kind at work in Europe

looking back to the 1880s rather than the 1920s when it was probably painted

an image of the British public at play as if frozen in a Pathé News reel

dying tragically of pneumonia at only 48

an immaculate courtier

Morning Chores Gold Silver & Bronze probably the last of herThis is a wonderful image, a hangover from the era of Victorian genre paintings but a very modern painting for 1889. More of a transitional style, it could easily have been painted in the early twentieth century. The pose of the model is very natural, seemingly unposed in fact. The unconscious way in which she goes about her chores is beguiling, and the light is masterly. Even more impressive that Rnquist painted this while still a student of twenty