Peace in the Storm

“I do not believe that art (all art) and beauty are ever separate, nor do I believe that either art or beauty are optional in a sane society." Jeanette Winterson

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Portrait of Lady Sunderland, (details), (1786), by Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723 – 1792), oil on canvas, 238.5 cm (93.8 in) x 147.5 cm (58 in), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

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Georges Marie Julien Girardot (1856-1914, French) ~ Water Nymphs, n/d

[Source: Christie's]

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Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904, French) ~ Fleurs de pommier, 1873

[Source: Christie's]

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Matilda Browne (1869-1947, American) ~ Blossoming Flowers on River’s Edge, 1907

[Source: flogris.org]

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Henri Martin (1860-1943, French) ~ Amoreux au Printemps, version avec cadre fleuri, n/d

[Source: Sotheby's]

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William Nicholson (1872-1949, British) ~ Mrs Reginald McKenna and her sons, Michael and David, 1927

[Source: Bonhams]

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Camille Pissarro (1830-1903, Danish/French) ~ Quatre baigneuses discutant au bord de l’eau, 1895

[Source: Christie's]

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Jacques Cancaret (French, 1880-1941, French) ~ Intimacy unveiled, 1930s

[Source: galerieballesteros.fr]

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Frederick Milton Grant (1886-1959, American) ~ Female Bather with a Swan, n/d 

[Source: LotSearch]

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Anders Zorn (1860-1920, Swedish) ~ The Thorn Bush, 1886

[Source: zorn.se]

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Claude Monet (1840-1926, French) ~ In the Norvégienne, 1887

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Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894, French) ~ Parterre de marguerites, 1893 ~detail~

[Source: mdig.fr]

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Sophie Anderson (1823-1903, British) ~ Best Friends, n/d 

[Source: Christie’s]

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Edward Hopper ( 1882-1967, American) ~ Shakespeare at Dusk, 1935

[Source: Sotheby's]

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Victor Borisov-Musatov (1870-1905, Russian) ~ The Emerald Necklace, 1903-04

[Source: Google Art Project]

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Augusto Giacometti (1877-1947, Swiss) ~ Park in Como, 1934

[Source: invaluable.com]

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Romaine Brooks (1874-1970, American) ~ Spring (La Primavera), 1910-13