A. Fontaine - Clochard

The painting can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones.

The work, attributed to A. Fontaine, exemplifies the artist's style and his way of transposing reality, even the simplest and most popular, into a dreamlike, symbolist dimension. His formal synthesis does not affect the plastic qualities of the objects, which unfold in their three-dimensionality in space. Indeed, the artist creates an almost metaphysical space in which the figures move without personalization. Both the color and the paint layer reflect the artist's desire to transcend reality and transfigure the representation into a symbolic dimension. Fontaine's recurring use of gray tones makes the scene appear as if carved in stone by the painter's deep black lines. Thus, everything is crystallized in a captivating, timeless dimension.

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