Paul Gauguin - Night cafe, Arles 1888

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Soon after his arrival in Arles, Paul Gauguin painted the same location, as a background to his portrait of Madame Ginoux. While the Van Gogh painting depicts the café as a room of isolation, Gauguin's Night Café at Arles mixes the concepts of isolation and spirited socializing, behind Mme. Ginoux. It was also acquired by Ivan Morozov and now hangs in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

Salvador Dali:'Begun in 1944, this work was completed in six months,
working three hours a day. I called it Galarina because Gala is to me
what La Fornarina was to Raphael. And, without any premeditation,
here again we have…the bread!' - art-Dali.com

Jeanne Samary was one of the most celebrated actresses at the
Comédie-Française when she first sat for Auguste Renoir in 1877 . Over
the next three years, Renoir depicted Samary in no fewer than eight oils
and four pastels, more than any other single sitter. - art-Renoir.com

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Paul Gauguin 1848-1903