Inspired by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) – Danaé (1907/1908) – Oil on cardboard – 11,81 x 11,81 inch – SOLD

One morning, Acrisios, king of Argos, feeling desperate because he had no son, goes to Delphi to question the Gods if, by any chance, he could be the father of a male. Unfortunately, the priestess tells him that not only would his wishes not be fulfilled but his only daughter, Danae, would give birth to a son who would later kill him. And the only way to escape from that spell was to kill his own daughter himself.

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Inspired by Mary Cassat (1844-1926) – Little girl with a blue hat (around 1911) – Pastel – 11,81 x 9,45 inch

Julie gets lonely in her pink and white wallpapers’ bedroom. It’s time for her little nap and her mother’s favorite TV show, she needs to remain quiet. She leaves her bed, takes her record player left on her little white table and goes back in her sheets. She wants to listen again and again to the story of Peter and the wolf. She loves the flute, the clarinet, the oboe, the horns, the bassoon, the string instruments, the kettledrums and the bass drum standing for all the characters of this tale.

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Inspired by Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) – Beach out of Trouville (1864) – Oil on canvas – 12,99 x 16,14 inch

They’re all there, gathered on the hot sand. Some standing, others sitting. They remember the good times of Maximilian’s life. His childhood, gilded in the old manor house in the family for generations. The eldest of four sisters and three brothers. His parents, wealthy aristocrats, spoiled their children till their last breath. The girls married wealthy men. The brothers entered the army. Maximilian preferred the religious orders. His attraction to religion began during his first communion. A magnificent ceremony with breathtaking choirs. When he went to bed that day, he had told his father his final decision.

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Inspired by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) – The Tub – Pastel – 6,61 x 9,37 inch

Nadine loves this special time of morning wash. She undresses, puts brush and jugs on the side table near her tub. Then she pulls up her long red hair in a bun. And the ritual can begin.

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Inspired by Odilon Redon (1840-1916) – The fall of Icarus – Oil on canvas – 13,78 x 10,63 inch

Have you heard about Daedalus? Of course you have. In some point, once or twice during your life.

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Inspired by Vermeer (1632-1675) – The geographer (around 1668-1669) – Pastel on anthracite paper – 8,82 x 7,80 inch

Peter is both excited and anxious. He must board tomorrow at dawn aboard an giant sailboat towards the New World. His role ? Make the most accurate topographical surveys as possible.

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Inspired by Vermeer (1632-1675) – A woman holding a scale (around 1664) – Pastel – 8,82 x 7,80 inch

Aleydis loves her job but her third pregnancy is literally killing her. Remaining standing for hours and hours makes her back and belly horribly painful. She is scared, so scared that something awful happened to her. One day, a fortune teller had taken her left hand almost by force and had predicted … No, no, no, she’d rather not remember!

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Inspired by Andrea del Sarto (1486 – 1530) – Young man – Charcoal, White chalk on grey paper – 12,60 x 9,45 inch

Côme crosses paths again with infected people on his way home. He has been recently working in Piero di Cosimo’s painting studio and the way to his parents’ house is long and risky. He walks along the docks and under bridges he meets all the world’s misery dealing with its gaiters and its pustules. He deeply wonders whether he should take a break while the epidemic fades. Thinking back, he should have become a tailor, a family tradition.

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Inspired by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (1864-1901) – A woman pulling up her stockings (1894) – Pastel on beige paper – 12,60 x 9,45 inch

Claudie is feeling tired. She has worked all night. One of the girls has been sick for days now. She must be replaced. The house shall not extend any credit whatsoever.

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Inspired by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (1864-1901) – The english woman on the Star from  Le Havre – Portrait study (1899) – red chalk on pale yellow paper – 12,60 x 9,45 inch

Like every summer, Henri finds himself aboard the “Star” for the Bordeaux-Le Havre shuttle. He likes to wander on the deck and is particularly fond of this tremendous steamer’s bar.

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