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Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Joie de vivre

"To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty!
There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them" - Pierre-Auguste Renoir.


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Hugues Merle | The Forgotten, 1850

Hugues Merle (1822–1881) has long been associated with his friend and possible rival, William Bouguereau (1825-1905).
Merle was just two years older than Bouguereau, and their thematic and artistic concerns and meticulous degree of finish resulted in comparison from critics and collectors alike.
Merle began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1847 and went on to become to teacher of Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau, Bouguereau's wife and a talented painter in her own right.

Hugues Merle | The Forgotten, 1850 | Sotheby's
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Carlotta Edwards | Le Cygne

Carlotta Edwards (1894-1977) era figlia dell'artista Francese Ferdinand Pourrier.
Studiò alla St. John's Wood Art School e si specializzò in soggetti di danza classica, assistendo alle prove per realizzare schizzi per i suoi dipinti.
Espose alla Royal Society of Portrait Painters ed al Salon di Parigi.
Le sue scene di balletto un tempo adornavano le camere da letto di bambine (e grandi) in tutta l'Inghilterra ma erano molto popolari in Australia e Nuova Zelanda.


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Auguste Raynaud | Awaiting his return


Auguste Raynaud (1854-1937) was a popular 19th-century Genre and portrait painter.
Born and raised in Lyon, Auguste Raynaud attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied with Danguin, Henri Lehmann and Félix-Auguste Clément.
In 1876, he moved to Lyon, rue de l'Annonciade, and presented a painting to the Société des Amis des Arts d'Avignon, entitled "Giotto, enfant dans la campagne du Tyrol".

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Jules Breton | The painter of peasant life

Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1827-1906) was a 19th-century French naturalist painter.
His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of painting helped make him one of the primary transmitters of the beauty and idyllic vision of rural existence.
He was one of the best known painters of his period in his native France as well as England and the United States.

Jules-Breton | The Song of the Lark, 1884 | Art Institute of Chicago

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Victor Hugo: "Ti Auguro"

Ti auguro in primo luogo di amare e che, amando, tu sia riamato.
E se non è così, che sia breve il ricordo, e finito il ricordo che tu non conservi rancore.
Ti auguro che non sia così,
ma se così fosse, che tu sappia vivere senza disperazione.

Antonio Nunziante

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William Bouguereau / Franz Liszt | Liebestraum (Dreams of Love)

Liebesträume (German for Dreams of Love) is a set of three solo piano nocturnes (S.541/R.211) by Franz Liszt published in 1850.
Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath.
In 1850 two versions appeared simultaneously as a set of songs for high voice and piano, and as transcriptions for piano two-hands.


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William Bouguereau | Les oranges, 1865

The image of a mother and child is a symbol of universal relevance. It exists and is celebrated within every culture, throughout its respective history.
Through iconic works like Les Oranges, Bouguereau has made an enduring contribution to this fundamental canon of imagery and he continues to have a profound impact on how such images are produced and received to this day.
The present painting is among Bouguereau's greatest achievements. His virtuosity is apparent in every element of the painting, which was executed at the height of his genius.