As Shepherd Gallery prepares for its reopening, the gallery owners present a series of dossiers. In these collections, they will further explore the gallery’s holdings by expanding upon and focusing on one work of art.
The first in this series is Jules-Élie Delaunay’s (1828-1891) “Daphnis and Chloe.” The unfinished painting, found on the artist’s easel at the end of his life, takes a peek behind the centuries old developments of Western European painting and reveals all the nuances which make up Academic tradition and training,The unfinished painting, found on the artist’s easel at the end of his life, takes a peek behind the centuries old developments of Western European painting and reveals all the nuances which make up Academic tradition and training, as well as the contemporary “isms” (Symbolism and Impressionism) that were threatening to break away from and break through tradition.
The dossier can be found at shepherdgallery.com.
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