The Opium Smokers

1872

Not on view

In 1869, Clairin traveled to Morocco with the painter Henri Regnault and set up a studio with him in Tangier. The lassitude and otherworldliness that permeate this picture, painted three years later, were not limited to Clairin’s Middle Eastern scenes. He specialized in theatrical subjects of all types, notably figures luxuriating in well-appointed European interiors, including his friend, the actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923).

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Title: The Opium Smokers
Artist: Georges Clairin (French, Paris 1843–1919 Belle-Ile-en-Mer)
Date: 1872
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 42 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (108 x 100.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2017
Object Number: 2017.202.6
Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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