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Originally Posted by Michele Rushworth
The artist is someone I've never heard of, a Leopold Schmutzler from Austria, painting around the turn of the century who looks to have been inspired by Sargent.
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Michele, it may also have been inspired by Boldini, another popular "society" painter (who, unlike Sargent, has become quite obscure). Here's a Boldini example of a woman who seems to have had some fun in life. See that body language? "Come over here and sit next to me for a second... ."