Parisienne in the park - Mariano ALONSO-PEREZ (1857-1930)

Huile sur panneau

Mariano ALONSO- PEREZ (1857-1930) Spanish painter, active in France, he exhibited very often in Paris from 1894.
This painting is signed and dedicated in Spanish "a mi amigo y pairon R Blazza".

Paris became the center of the world in the 1900s and many foreign painters, such as Mariano Alonso-Perez, came to find inspiration there.

The gardens and parks of Paris are the ideal refuge to paint the society that likes to entertain and show itself. One meets young ladies in the latest fashion.
Women's fashion is characterized by a taste for soft lines, curves and clothes with a marked waist. Less crinolines, less amplitude, a dress or a skirt directly worn on simple petticoats.

However, the hat remained obligatory, for rich women and the petty bourgeoisie. It remains the essential accessory. It is most often made of feathers, flowers, sometimes even fake fruits.