Die drei Grazien by Edouard Bisson Poster

Die drei Grazien (The Three Graces) c1899 by French Painter Édouard Bisson (1856 - 1939); is known for is idealised and romanticised paintings of women in atmospheric landscapes. This beautiful painting that depicts three young women that are the Three Graces of Greek Mythology; said to be the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome and according to Greek Poet and Philosopher Hesiod were: Aglaia which is Brightness, Euphtosyne which is Joyfulness, and Thalia which is Bloom They are sitting on the edge of a cliff that is high up in the sky huddled together with two of them side by side and the third behind them looking at an approaching cherub that is carrying in its left hand a branch with two apples and in its right hand another apple. The young women that is dressed in a flannel like blue dress with pink and white embroidered flowers, a blue headband and pink roses in her red hair and around right should; is extending her right arm out towards the cherub while holding a tree branch in her right hand. Her sister with dark brown is wearing a white silk dress with a violet floral sash, seems to be saying something to the cherub; while the third sister who is sitting behind them, is wearing a tan dress and has a golden ribbon in her medium brown hair, is waving at the approaching cherub with a light pink scarf that is in her right hand which flows over her right shoulder and down her back.