Date: 1881 ; France
Art form: Painting
Dimensions: 189 X 129 cm. (74.41 X 50.79 in.)
His initial paintings show the influence of the colorism of Eugène Delacroix and the luminosity of Camille Corot. He also admired the realism of Gustave Courbet and Édouard Manet, and his early work resembles theirs in his use of black as a color.