For me, this painting shows the very quintessence of calm. Interesting, given the intensity of that red.
image: Pierre Bonnard, Woman with Dog (Phillips Collection)
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- Christie
- Creative writer - Traveler - Archaeologist manque - Ardent lover of the play of light, the journeyings of time, things ephemeral and ancient
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