Arnold Genthe

Introduction

In this portrait, Arnold Genthe immortalizes Elizabeth Eyre de Lanux, a leading figure of the Parisian avant-garde, modernist designer, writer, and a woman with a complex and unconventional romantic and intellectual life. However, far from seeking to document her identity as a twentieth-century rebel, Genthe chooses to transfigure his subject, elevating her to a timeless and ethereal dimension.