JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ JIMÉNEZ (Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, 1842 - Paris, after 1914)"Portrait of

JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ JIMÉNEZ (Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, 1842 - Paris, after 1914)
"Portrait of a woman.
Pastel on paper.
Damage to the frame.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Size: 120 x 80 cm; 156 x 115 cm (frame).
Feminine portrait in which the author, arranges a woman elegantly dressed in full body, seated on a chair. The artist places the figure in an interior, and also adds a certain distance from the viewer. This is achieved by placing the lady slightly turned three-quarters of the way towards the viewer. The lady looks directly at the viewer with a certain degree of curiosity or reflection in her gesture.
A painter who settled in Paris in the second half of the 19th century, Juan Antonio González Jiménez trained as a pupil of the painter Rodríguez and took part in official exhibitions such as the Provincial Exhibition in Cadiz in 1879, where he was awarded a gold medal. He later furthered his studies in Paris with M. Pils. He specialised in casacone themes, known as "de tableautin" in France, with works characterised by a personal chromatic delicacy, a special atmospheric sense, rigorous draughtsmanship and careful attention to detail. He also tackled other themes typical of the period, very much to the taste of the bourgeois clientele of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as flower painting, portraits of majas and Spanish types, some of which were inspired by portraits of the Baroque period. He also excelled as a portraitist and painted a number of fans. Throughout his career Juan Antonio González held exhibitions and took part in the Paris Fine Arts Exhibition and the Cadiz Provincial Exhibition of 1879, where he was awarded a gold medal for a navy. He is currently represented in the Museum of Chiclana, as well as in private collections both in Spain and abroad.