How does The Lady in White (Bracquemond) elucidate its Reception?
French art critics praised the work during its initial viewing at the fifth Impressionist exhibition. Arthur d'Echerac called it a "masterful debut", while Gustave Goetschy said that Bracquemond "paints ravishingly". Philippe Burty noted that the work was the culmination of "serious study", while Paul Armand Silvestre observed the influence of landscapes like those found in the work of François Boucher (1703–1770), with Bracquemond achieving, according to Silvestre, "very harmonious effects in which there are tapestry backgrounds that seem to shine from the light of an apotheosis."
Paul Armand Silvestre Arthur d'Echerac Gustave Goetschy François Boucher Philippe Burty