Young Woman Drawing
This painting, Young Woman Drawing by Marie-Denise Villers meditates on love versus art. Art wins the contest here. This piece works as a rumination on the self and identity too. That's partly because of the subject matter. But the situation behind the work tells that story as well. When the Metropolitan Museum of Art got this work, Jacques-Louis David got credit for it. At that time art critics declared it a masterpiece. He was, after all, an acclaimed artist.
But soon after facts revealed Marie-Denise Villers as Young Woman Drawing's true creator. That revelation wiped the Vaseline off critics' lenses. With newfound clarity of vision they saw problems with the piece. Proportional issues and other imperfections came to light. She plays with imperfections to make a point in the piece, though.
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