Louis Welden-Hawkins
Symbolism began as an artistic movement that developed from Romanticism in France in the second half of the 19th century and was a direct reaction to Impressionism. Symbolist artists often used metaphors and symbols to suggest a subject and favoured mystical themes. Welden-Hawkins (1849-1910) was renowned for his fine and dreamy female portraits. I love the mythical power with which he endows his women and the soft, golden hues of his palette… utterly breath-taking.
