La belle irlandaise par gustave courbet biography
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Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman
Series of four portraits in oil on canvas by Gustav Courbet
Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman (French: Jo, la belle irlandaise) is the title of a series of four oil on canvas bust-length portraits by Gustave Courbet.
La belle irlandaise par gustave courbet biography
They all show the same redheaded Irish model Joanna Hiffernan (c – c) looking in a mirror – she also modelled for Whistler. The works have minor differences in details and dimensions but their exact chronology is unknown. They are now in the Nationalmuseum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and a private collection.
History
The nickname in the title indicates the friendship between the artist and his model and is unusual for contemporary portraits of women in that it gives the model's first name. They were probably painted in Trouville, where the painter spent August to November painting seascapes with Whistler and Joanna.
On 17 November, towards the end of his stay, he wrote to his parents that he "