Pere Paul Graff. Portrait of Père Paul, also known as Monsieur Paul or The Chef, is a painting by Claude Monet.
He painted it in 1882 in oil on canvas with a height of 64.5 cm and a width of 52.1 cm. It shows the chef and owner of a restaurant and hotel Paul Antoine Graff, who was the landlord of Monet during his visit to Pourville on the English Channel. It is part of the collections exhibited at Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna, Austria.
Monet painted a portrait of the chef Paul Antoine Graff wearing his white chef's hat and jacket. In the lower part of the painting, the figure fades into the light grey background, resulting in an oval shaped composition.
Monsieur Paul has turned his head towards his right shoulder and looks into the direction of the left edge of the painting. His dark eyes do not focus on anything specific, and he appears to look just ahead of himself into the emptiness.
His scrubby grey and black full beard is part of his appearance and nearly covers the protruding chin and the mouth with closed lips. The furrowed face was painted by Monet with strong strokes of his paintbrush, and the nose was emphasised by a more pronounced shade of the same colours. The art critic Melissa MacQuillan sees in his face his pride and the firmness of his character. Monet described the painting as a esquisse curieuse. Monet created a painting full of livelyness by the tilted hat, th
He painted it in 1882 in oil on canvas with a height of 64.5 cm and a width of 52.1 cm. It shows the chef and owner of a restaurant and hotel Paul Antoine Graff, who was the landlord of Monet during his visit to Pourville on the English Channel. It is part of the collections exhibited at Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna, Austria.
Monet painted a portrait of the chef Paul Antoine Graff wearing his white chef's hat and jacket. In the lower part of the painting, the figure fades into the light grey background, resulting in an oval shaped composition.
Monsieur Paul has turned his head towards his right shoulder and looks into the direction of the left edge of the painting. His dark eyes do not focus on anything specific, and he appears to look just ahead of himself into the emptiness.
His scrubby grey and black full beard is part of his appearance and nearly covers the protruding chin and the mouth with closed lips. The furrowed face was painted by Monet with strong strokes of his paintbrush, and the nose was emphasised by a more pronounced shade of the same colours. The art critic Melissa MacQuillan sees in his face his pride and the firmness of his character. Monet described the painting as a esquisse curieuse. Monet created a painting full of livelyness by the tilted hat, th
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