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| Henri Lebasque Sunset on Pont Aven 1894 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
For the time being, Nature has left her throne
Of irony, serenity and splendor:
Toward her perverse, rebellious subject, man,
She descends mild through the fullness of yellow air.
La Nature a quitté pour cette fois son trône
De splendeur, d'ironie et de sérénité:
Clémente, elle descend, par l'ampleur de l'air jaune,
Vers l'homme, son sujet pervers et révolté.
– from Poems Under Saturn by Paul Verlaine, translated by Karl Kirchwey (Princeton, 2011)
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| Maximilien Luce Factory in moonlight 1898 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Henri Le Sidaner Hut on the forest edge, Étaples 1893 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ferdinand de Puigaudeau Night fair at Saint Pol de Léon ca. 1894-98 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Alfred Sisley Turn of the River Loing 1896 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Eugène Boudin Étretat - Cliff of Aval 1890 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Ernest Ange Duez Mother & daughter on the beach 1885 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Pierre-Auguste Renoir Wheatfield 1879 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Édouard Manet Woman in a riding habit ca. 1882 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Berthe Morisot The cheval-glass 1876 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Borenmisza, Madrid |
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| Paul Gauguin Lilacs 1885 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec The model La Rousse in a white blouse 1889 oil on canvas Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Gustave Moreau Galathea ca. 1896 tempera, gouache, watercolor, ink on cardboard Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid |
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| Henri Fantin-Latour Le découragement de l'artiste 1895 lithograph Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
I am grateful for the excellent reproductions from Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.