Portrait of Monsieur Pool  1887

Gallery label: [br]This likeness of French officer Laurent Bernard Poole is one of the earliest examples of Neo-Impressionist portraiture. The artist was his friend and fellow soldier--a self-taught painter who created only a few works in the style before dying prematurely of smallpox. Dubois-Pillet lavished great detail on Poole's facial features, rigid posture and impecc...