On the Sofa

This canvas was painted when Tr�bner 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 Tr�bner generation, including Degas, Fantin-Latour, and Whistler.