Sunday frolicking, as encapsulated by Palestinian-English artist Rosalind Nashashibi. In the latest edition of our Under the Influence column, Nashashibi reflects on the surprising influence that the French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir has had on her latest creations. “My painting, Mrs Taboret, is a woman with her head almost pushed back between the pillows, reaching out for some stuffed dates,” she writes of this exquisitely rendered work. “The source is a very impressionist, very free painting by Renoir called Madame Monet Lying on a Sofa. I decided to make a version rather than copy. I painted an older woman and introduced this pathos. I was interested in her melancholy.” Click here to read on.
