CHARLES HERMANS “Circe - The Temptress” Hermans is best known for his rich and cosmopolitan displays of Parisian society. He studied first in Brussels under the neo-classical painter François-Joseph Navez and Louis Gallait. In Paris he joined the studio of Swiss artist Charles Gleyre who has taken over the studio of Paul Delaroche in 1843 and taught a number of remarkable young artists, including Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and James Abbott McNeill Whistler. In 1880 Hermans entered a monumental painting at the Salon, Le bal masqué, depicting a ball at the Opera. It gives an energetic portrayal of the exuberant atmosphere of Parisian balls in the second half of the 19th Century. This painting was heralded as a boisterous and unrestrained rendering of the Opera Ball as Charles Hermans focuses on the sexual undertones, the flirtation between the young men dressed in white tie and the richly costumed women.

CHARLES HERMANS “Circe - The Temptress”

Hermans is best known for his rich and cosmopolitan displays of Parisian society. He studied first in Brussels under the neo-classical painter François-Joseph Navez and Louis Gallait.

In Paris he joined the studio of Swiss artist Charles Gleyre who has taken over the studio of Paul Delaroche in 1843 and taught a number of remarkable young artists, including Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

In 1880 Hermans entered a monumental painting at the Salon, Le bal masqué, depicting a ball at the Opera. It gives an energetic portrayal of the exuberant atmosphere of Parisian balls in the second half of the 19th Century.

This painting was heralded as a boisterous and unrestrained rendering of the Opera Ball as Charles Hermans focuses on the sexual undertones, the flirtation between the young men dressed in white tie and the richly costumed women.



  • February 14
  • , 2012
  1. duskshores reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  2. andywalkingandytired reblogged this from inauspicatumholmes
  3. inauspicatumholmes reblogged this from opulent-hurricane
  4. pallas-athena reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  5. iposlekvo reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  6. bottlewolf reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  7. yes-thankyou reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  8. life-frenetic reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  9. herroyalhobbitness reblogged this from theprincessandthepeacoat
  10. forsooth-verily reblogged this from theprincessandthepeacoat
  11. theprincessandthepeacoat reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  12. opulent-hurricane reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  13. assonhado reblogged this from beautifuldavinci and added:
    O vermelho e o negro, Sthendal.
  14. ambiguousadulation reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  15. bagatellechild reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  16. zachturnedeighteen reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  17. saffron-muffin reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  18. lechagar reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  19. setemares reblogged this from beautifulcentury
  20. stumpythegirl reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  21. pilukova reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  22. patronsaintofqualityfootwear reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  23. 7-hills reblogged this from beautifuldavinci
  24. coeurdelhistoire reblogged this from historyishuman
  25. schwarmerei reblogged this from beautifuldavinci