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William Glackens
Luxembourg Gardens, 1906
Glackens, like the French Impressionists before him, painted scenes of cafes, boulevards, and parks on his honeymoon trip to Paris in 1906. This scene of the city's expansive and popular Luxembourg Gardens depicts the park on weekdays, when middle- and upper-middle class families came out to visit and play. The genteel mood stands in direct contrast to that in scenes of working-class life for which the other members of The Eight would soon become famous. |