The Female Artists

Charles Boom (Belgian, 1858-1939) - The Female Artists, 1887 (Oil on canvas) - When painting historical scenes, Charles Boom favored sixteenth century settings. Yet his genre paintings, for which he was also known, depict subjects closer to his own time. This painting, showing Boom’s fellow artists practicing from plaster casts, may have been influenced by his days as an art student and, later, as a teacher at the Anvers Academy.