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Retired and enjoying my free time to paint. I love the French Impressionism era. Monet, Renoir, Bazille and Manet are some of my favorites.

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Van Gogh - Metropolitan Museum of Art , NYC

Olive Trees- 1889
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Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City

Upon Van Gogh's arrival at the asylum of Saint-Remy in spring of 1889, the olive trees that grew in cultivated groves near the walls of the sanitarium took on great significance for him.

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