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Une soirée au Pré-Catelan (1909)

Henri Gervex (French, 1852–1929)

Laughter floats through the lantern-lit garden as silk skirts brush against tailored suits. Glasses clink under the trees, their reflections shimmering in dark puddles from an earlier rain. Paris hums beyond the hedges, but here, time stretches like the shadows across damp gravel.
Bord de Loire au clair de lune (1911)

Ferdinand du Puigaudeau (French, 1864–1930)

Moonlight glows on the river’s surface, rippling between dark banks. Shadows blur into the water’s edge, dissolving trees and sky into a single hushed moment. The night hums, alive yet still, as if holding its breath beneath the silver light.

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