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58. Around the buvette
Theo van Gogh to his brother Vincent, Paris, February 9, 1890: De Haan sent me a painting to dispatch to his brother. One can see that...
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53. Two men walk into a bar
A friend opened a bakery-café about 10 years ago in my hometown. She leased a downtown store front, bought a second hand professional...
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52. Léa
We do know one thing that Marie Henry did while the Buvette de la Plage was under construction: she got pregnant. In May or June 1888,...
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51. On the beach road
A ferry crossing the Laita River at Le Pouldu, early 1900s, Archives Finistère The chemin des Grands Sables still runs along the coast;...
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49. In Le Pouldu
Le Pouldu was where the roads came to an end. The Laita river bounded it on one side; the ocean on another. It was known for its sand...
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48. What the archives tell us
Marie Henry was born in the provincial town of Moëlan, in the region of Pont-Aven, the administrative district of Quimperlé, in the...
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47. La rentrée
I check the website of the Musée de Pont-Aven every month or so, hoping that a miracle will have transpired and their archives will...
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34. Behind the curtain
I learned something last Thursday that merits an interruption. Vincent will continue to be sad and desperate, and Gauguin will continue...
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27. Transformations
Respected French art dealer Joseph Allard bought two Gauguin still lifes on April 14, 1923 for just over 9,000 francs total. Allard had