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Oil on canvas \u2013 7,87 x 7,87 inch \u2013 Unique work<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n In witches land, deep down in the heart of France, reigns a home, the castle of Nohant-Vic. A magnificent house, an exquisite garden, an artistic and romantic way of life. Welcome to the magical world of George Sand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When I first met her, I was just 10 years old. A librarian, whom I adored and who recommended books every week, handed me one, George Sand’s \u00abLa mare au diable\u00bb. I knew then love at first sight. I burned through the story, like a quest tale, hymn to life, love in this peasant world with real values. Oh, back then, I didn’t put it that way in my mind as a young teenager. No, I was just captivated by the right words, real feelings, real lives. I felt close to all of this although what I was experiencing on my daily life I wasn\u2019t even close. And if I dared, I still feel out of place today.<\/p>\n The following week, she gave me \u00ab\u00a0La petite Fadette\u00a0\u00bb. I got back to this rural universe that I finally loved so much. A discovery about myself of which I wasn\u2019t immediately aware but many years later. A place so dear to George Sand\u00a0: the Berry and its sweetness of life accross the seasons. I felt the same passion. And George Sand has become my favorite author since then. I was 10 years old and I lived happily in London.<\/p>\n Many years have passed, many sufferings too and joys sometimes. I put my bags down in the Berry for a while, completely by chance. Although, we all know that there is no such thing as chance. And I visited this enchanting place where the person who had empressed my youth lived. I walked a few steps in her vegetable garden, where perhaps she had planted vegetables herself. She cooked a lot, liked to receive her friends, posed for Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix, read Alfred de Musset’s verses, listened to Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin, wrote more and more! I felt at home in this beautiful and huge house. I would have loved to visit her and talk about everything and especially about nothing, discuss the status of women, everything that has changed and in the end not that much.<\/p>\n My favorite book for now and ever: \u00ab\u00a0Consuelo\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oil on canvas \u2013 7,87 x 7,87 inch \u2013 Unique work In witches land, deep down in the heart of France, reigns a home, the castle of Nohant-Vic. A magnificent house, an exquisite garden, an artistic and romantic way of life. Welcome to the magical world of George Sand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidranne-painter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}