English translation:Oft I am glad, and yet I long to weep,For no one shares my joy in fullness deep.Oft I am sorrowful, yet still must smile,Lest any see my fearful tear awhile.Oft do I love, and yet I softly sigh;Oft must my heart in silence close and lie.Oft I grow angry, yet I smile instead,For…
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir: L’église à Essoyes
“Although Renoir would keep his rented Parisian apartment throughout his life, from the late 1880s onward, much of his time would be spent in the countryside enjoying the tranquil pleasures the retreat had to offer. Renoir’s middle son, Jean, wrote of their home in the region with great nostalgia, “Essoyes, where my mother and Gabrielle…
Lilla Cabot Perry: Easter Morning
“Lilla Cabot Perry was born in 1848 into a prominent Boston family. As a young wife in the later decades of the 19th century, Perry travelled widely across Europe with her family, visiting and studying paintings in Paris and Munich, as well as in Italy, England and Spain. She first encountered the impressionist style in…
At Sunnyside - Where Truth and Beauty Meet 