Madame Clémentine Valensi Stora (L'Algérienne) [SEP] creator
Madame Clémentine Valensi Stora (L'Algérienne)
Madame Clémentine Valensi Stora (L'Algérienne) is an oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, completed in 1870. It depicts a young Jewish woman, Rebecca Clémentine Stora, in Algerian costume and is untypical of Renoir's work, leading to debate about the place of the painting within his "oeuvre". Renoir and Stora both later repudiated the work. 
Background.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was closely associated with the Impressionist movement and the painting of modern life in France in the
Constant-Joseph Brochart
Constant-Joseph Brochart (7 April 1816 - 7 May 1889) was a French artist known for the charm and colouration that he brought to portraits of young women and children.
Brochart was born in Lille and studied at the École des beaux-arts there before travelling to Paris where he made a name for himself in portraiture.
See also.
- "Madame Clémentine Valensi Stora (L'Algérienne)"
External links.
- Constant-Joseph Brochart at "artnet".