Keywords: Talking in the Twilight (Lucien Simon) - Nationalmuseum - 18605.tif Artwork Creator Lucien Simon Talking in the Twilight This painting was one of few modern French paintings purchased by the Nationalmuseum at the turn of the 19th century This work had enjoyed a great deal of attention when exhibited in Paris in 1902 and was acquired that same year for Sweden probably due to its similarities with contemporary Nordic evocative painting The artist has portrayed a family dinner at the home of his wife s parents in Brittany a part of France where he found many of his subjects The woman to the right in the foreground is Simon s wife Jeanne Next to her is the artist himself with their daughter on his knee Samtal i skymningen var en av de fÄ moderna franska mÄlningar som köptes av Nationalmuseum vid sekelskiftet 1900 Verket hade fÄtt stor uppmÀrksamhet nÀr det stÀlldes ut i Paris 1902 och förvÀrvades samma Är till Sverige MÄlningen har stora likheter med det samtida nordiska stÀmningsmÄleriet KonstnÀren skildrar hÀr en familjemiddag i sina svÀrförÀldrars hus i Bretagne en del av Frankrike dÀr han hÀmtade mÄnga av sina motiv Kvinnan i förgrunden till höger Àr Simons hustru Jeanne Intill henne sitter konstnÀren sjÀlv med sin dotter i knÀet header This painting was one of few modern French paintings purchased by the Nationalmuseum at the turn of the 19th century This work had enjoyed a great deal of attention when exhibited in Paris in 1902 and was acquired that same year for Sweden probably due to its similarities with contemporary Nordic evocative painting The artist has portrayed a family dinner at the home of his wife s parents in Brittany a part of France where he found many of his subjects The woman to the right in the foreground is Simon s wife Jeanne Next to her is the artist himself with their daughter on his knee Samtal i skymningen var en av de fÄ moderna franska mÄlningar som köptes av Nationalmuseum vid sekelskiftet 1900 Verket hade fÄtt stor uppmÀrksamhet nÀr det stÀlldes ut i Paris 1902 och förvÀrvades samma Är till Sverige MÄlningen har stora likheter med det samtida nordiska stÀmningsmÄleriet KonstnÀren skildrar hÀr en familjemiddag i sina svÀrförÀldrars hus i Bretagne en del av Frankrike dÀr han hÀmtade mÄnga av sina motiv Kvinnan i förgrunden till höger Àr Simons hustru Jeanne Intill henne sitter konstnÀren sjÀlv med sin dotter i knÀet date Oil on canvas Olja pÄ duk Size cm 190 140 Framed Size cm 222 173 10 Institution Nationalmuseum Stockholm Signerad L Simon accession number 18605 NM 1601 place of creation Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm cooperation project Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-auto PD-Nationalmuseum_Stockholm 1945 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2016-10 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm connect to wikidata item Paintings in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm Lucien Simon |