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"Tribute Pour Les Fauves, Columbie Brittanique" Oil 2006 16"x20"
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| In 2004, I visited the Musee Orsay in Paris. The collection on display included the work of "Les Fauves (the Wild Beasts). The most dominant attribute of these painters was evident in an explosion of vivid color. One of the shocks to me was in the century since Derian painted his notable "Morning Fog on the Thames" (1905), was how badly the pigment had faded. Amen to the improvements in pigments over the past 100 years, and our increased understanding of how direct sunlight damages paintings. |
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