# On the Sofa

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TRÜBNER, Wilhelm](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/trbner-wilhelm-r9d8154ddf50294>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 52 x 45 cm

## Commentary

This canvas was painted when Trübner shared a studio with Thoma in 1872. The domestic scene has a proto-Matisse-like quality in the way the painter revels in a wealth of scintillating pattern - the red tablecloth, the blue patterned wall, the beflowered sofa cover. The painting, far more than decorative, shares a psychological penetration with works of other artists of Trübner generation, including Degas, Fantin-Latour, and Whistler.

## Related artworks

- [Girl with Folded Hands](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/trbner-wilhelm-r9d8154ddf50294/girl-with-folded-hands-raa628cc7524159>)
- [Neuburg Gates, Heidelberg](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/trbner-wilhelm-r9d8154ddf50294/neuburg-gates-heidelberg-r67220c6d5f49c7>)
- [The Equestrienne - Ida Görz](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/trbner-wilhelm-r9d8154ddf50294/the-equestrienne---ida-grz-r2c599372e57a0e>)
- [The Pub on Fraueninsel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/trbner-wilhelm-r9d8154ddf50294/the-pub-on-fraueninsel-r033dd6ff2efd28>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)