Le mariage de convenance

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In this painting Orchardson tantalizes us with a taste of how the rich lived. A master of storytelling and psychological drama he marvellously captures the couple's relationship, the title explaining clearly the mismatch of this glamorous young woman and the elderly gentleman. He painted two other pictures that start and end the story – 'The First Cloud' and 'After' (where the gentleman is on his own). Treating them almost like episodes in a soap opera, Victorians would flock to the Royal Academy to view the next instalment of the story.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Title

Le mariage de convenance

Date

1883

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 104.8 x W 154.3 cm

Accession number

1666

Acquisition method

purchased, 1926

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

signed/dated

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