Focus on The Kreutzer Sonata (painting) and discuss the abstract.
The Kreutzer Sonata (1901) is an oil painting on canvas by René-Xavier Prinet, inspired by Leo Tolstoy's 1889 novella of the same title, which was named after Beethoven's violin and piano composition dedicated to Rudolph Kreutzer.
It depicts a female pianist, dressed in a golden gown, who is pulled up from her stool by a male violinist, who embraces her with one hand around her waist while they kiss. It was first exhibited at Paris, Salon in 1901, and then in Munich and Stuttgart.
The painting was later used to advertise the perfume Tabu by Dana, and may possibly have been the inspiration of a scene in Raj Kapoor's 1949 film Barsaat and subsequently his R. K. logo.
Paris, Salon canvas The Kreutzer Sonata Barsaat Tabu René-Xavier Prinet oil painting of the same title R. K. logo Rudolph Kreutzer Leo Tolstoy violin and piano composition Raj Kapoor novella Tabu by Dana