Love Dies in Time, 1878
Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsanexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
The Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fundexpand_more 76.35
On View in Gallery 357expand_more
This painting was one of a pair illustrating the vicissitudes of love through time, which the artist exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1878, and which subsequently belonged to the author Emile Zola. The lost pendant, Love Passes the Time, depicted the happy young couple in a sun-drenched glade. Here, however, all has gone awry: Cupid mourns the death of the young woman, while her lover grasps at the arm of winged Time in a futile attempt to alter the course of events.
Edouard-Bernard Debat-Ponsan, though little known today, was honored by his contemporaries for his history and genre paintings as well as his portraiture. Sadly, his support of Zola during the infamous Dreyfus affair around 1899 virtually destroyed him personally and professionally.
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- Title
- Love Dies in Time
- Artist Life
- 1847 - 1913
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 76.35
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