Cléo de Mérode, a Belle Époque dancer, is often regarded as the first modern influencer. She became the most photographed woman of her time, admired for her beauty yet torn down for it as well.

Cléo de Mérode, a Belle Époque dancer, is often regarded as the first modern influencer. She became the most photographed woman of her time, admired for her beauty yet torn down for it as well.

Amber DeSilva

  • Oil on Linen
  • 2025

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I was first drawn to this image by the intensity of her eyes, and as I painted, her power revealed itself. She embodies the witch within us all: the healer, the destroyer, the creator, the lover, the infinite.
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For generations, women have been squeezed, shrunk, and manipulated to appeal to the male gaze. Be this shape, that shape, be stronger, be thinner, be more feminine, be less loud, be more confident—it’s endless. How about we just be? That’s Marie.
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