I grasped every occasion no matter how small, to assert my independence of views. — Romaine (image via Archives of American Art) Romaine Brooks painted portraits in gray. But not just any portraits -- throughout the 1920s in Paris, France, Romaine painted women, mostly scandalously adrogynous depictions. She painted women in tuxedos, women in suits, unknown women reclining nude on couches or high-society dressed in top hats and ties.
A Woman to Know: Romaine Brooks
A Woman to Know: Romaine Brooks
A Woman to Know: Romaine Brooks
I grasped every occasion no matter how small, to assert my independence of views. — Romaine (image via Archives of American Art) Romaine Brooks painted portraits in gray. But not just any portraits -- throughout the 1920s in Paris, France, Romaine painted women, mostly scandalously adrogynous depictions. She painted women in tuxedos, women in suits, unknown women reclining nude on couches or high-society dressed in top hats and ties.