Bath Houses Under the Cliffs (1874) by Louise Abbéma Style:Wood frame this oil painting print radiates

this oil painting print radiates queer beauty and strength

The pink of the hat and his boots are an echo of the colours to be found within his flesh

This self-portrait

and a reminder that queerness is not something to hide but something to honour

Bath Houses Under the Cliffs (1874) by Louise Abbéma Style:Wood frame this oil painting print radiatesLouise Abbmas Bath Houses Under the Cliffs (1874) catches a seaside afternoon before it performs for anyone: white bathing huts, dark cliffs, tiny figures and weather rolling in. Painted when Abbma was just beginning her public career, it is one of two beach scenes catalogued by Bonhams as oil on paper laid down on canvas. No known lover or sitter is attached; the queer charge sits with Abbma herself, a Belle poque artist who lived openly as a lesbian