The picture is very dark except for the parrot. 🦜 The reason that the parrot is bright is because when the kid was posing for the picture the child was getting fidgety, so to keep the child from fidgeting the artist drew a parrot 🦜 in the picture.
My thoughts on the picture is that it would not look the same without the parrot. 🦜 I was surprised the parrot was not actually there since it is very detailed for something that was not actually there. The artist is really good at painting to do that.
The Facts:
- Edward Steichen (American, 1879-1973)
- 1906
- Material: Oil on canvas
- Private Collection
- Henderson Gallery (Gallery 228)
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