Reverie (Miss Lilian Montgomery)
Steer first studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he became greatly influenced by contemporary developments in French art. On returning to England he became a leader amongst his generation of progressive English artists who looked to France for inspiration. Together with his contemporary, Sickert (1860-1942), he was responsible for bringing the French Impressionist style and manner across to England. Miss Lilian Montgomery was a favourite model of Steer's. In Reverie her image is almost lost amongst the loose brushstrokes and the artist's preoccupation with style and technique in much the same way that she appears lost in her own thoughts.
