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Word: chasseriau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unprejudiced eye can now see that Rosa Bonheur's celebrated horses do indeed rollick with inimitable vigor, a battle scene by Meissonier can be moving, a lush nude dancer by Theodore Chasseriau genuinely sensual. Many people have always felt this, but now they can admit it without seeming hopelessly unsophisticated. Taken together and seen thus, argues Director Anthony Clark, the period was the "proudest century of French painting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Rediscovered Riches | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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