The Unknown Masterpiece
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At the door of a painter's Paris studio in December 1612, a young visitor struggles to gather the courage to knock. Honoré de Balzac begins this short work of fiction with the excitement and uncertainty of approaching an admired artist. Inside Porbus's crowded workspace, an older visitor studies a painting and argues that accurate drawing and carefully mixed colours still need something more to give a figure life.
The discussion draws Nicolas Poussin towards Frenhofer, whose guarded studio and long labour over a picture stir his curiosity. Balzac makes the practice of painting a subject for fiction: the handling of light, the search for an ideal model, and the demanding standards artists set for one another. Detailed descriptions of the studio sit beside intense speeches about beauty and invention.
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Book facts
- Author
- Honoré de Balzac
- Reading time
- About 45 minutes
- Pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Genre
- French Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Bruce Pirie