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The famous artist Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot may have hidden a love story. And love stories are always interesting to dwell upon. Whatever the nature of their relationship, however, this portrait of Berthe Morisot bear witness of affection on part of the artist.
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August-Pierre Renoir is one of those painters that stands like magnificent examples of that great art is all about. Still, Renoir had doubts about how to best express himself, suggesting to us—the ordinary people—that even the masters don’t see things as clearly as posterity seems to suggest.
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There is something about the turn of the 19th century that fascinates me. Especially intriguing is it to try to imagine what happened when now famous people met.
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This painting by Frédéric Bazille reveals more than an orientalist interior. Beneath its surface lie social hierarchies and a subtle medical observation—details that only emerge when we learn how to look closely.
