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January 16, 2015

January 16, 1927

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

 Theodore Duret (1838–1927), heir to a firm of Cognac dealers, was a collector, orientalist, and art critic. An early champion of Courbet, Manet, and the Impressionists, he was introduced to Whistler by Manet. He posed for this portrait in 1883 at Whistler's London studio at 13 Tite Street. At Duret's request, Whistler painted him in full evening dress, but Whistler suggested that he hold a pink domino, an addition necessary to the decorative arrangement of the composition.

Here is Whistler's portrait of Theodore Duret (January 20, 1838 to 16 January 16, 1927):


Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret

The Met has a wonderful online functionality as you will find if you go there to examine this incredible Whistler more closely.

And we have another portrait of Duret, painted by Jean-Édouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940):

Photo: Born today in 1868 painter and printmaker Jean-Édouard Vuillard. Below: Vuillard's portrait of Théodore Duret (1912)

Duret, officially titled the Count de Brie, is said to have invented the term, avante-garde.
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