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Gustave Caillebotte

It’s one of my absolute favorite paintings of all time.  Take a look at that lighting as it dances across the floor and over the backs of the floor workers.    The strong diagonals of the floor and the paneling of the walls create this mesmerizing composition.  It’s almost too perfect.  I read somewhere that [...]

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Matisse’s “Les Poissons Rouges”

Goldfish have been a recurrent theme in Matisse’s art. Born in 1869 in France (d. 1954), Henri Matisse is regarded as one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. A prolific and versatile artist, in his creations he favoured intense and expressive colours, and often depicted intimate or natural scenes.
Goldfish in a bowl are [...]

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