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“...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” ― Vincent Willem van Gogh

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin | PAYSAGE-CRÉPUSCULE, c.1890 signed (lower left), oil on canvas 55.5cm x 67.5cm (21 7/8in x 26 5/8in) Est: £30,000 GBP - £50,000 GBP Sold: £30,000 GBP Lyon & Turnbull London, United Kingdom May 01, 2026

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Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin | The Borie, oil on canvas, 43 x 65.3 cm. Est: $80,000 USD - $120,000 USD Sold: $100,000 USD Freeman’s New York, NY, US October 28, 2025

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Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin | Les Troubadours or Les Poètes au bois sacré, ca 1893, Oil on canvas Created for the proposed decorative program of the Salle des Illustres in the Capitole de Toulouse; this preparatory study was later found in a private collection.

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Born #OTD Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, (5 August 1860 - 12 November 1943), was a French painter known for his Neo-Impressionist paintings. Self-Portrait in the Garden, s.d., oil on canvas, 65x81 cm.

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John Henry Twachtman | The White Bridge, 1895-1902, oil on canvas, 75 x75 cm., 29.5 x 29.5 in., Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mr. A. Ryerson Collection The White Bridge depicts Horseneck Brook, which traversed Twachtman’s Connecticut property. He painted at least six versions over six years.

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John Henry Twachtman, On the Terrace, ca. 1890-1900, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.143 Twachtman settled in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1889 and painted many images of his farm property. This scene shows his wife, Martha, and their children.

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John Henry Twachtman | Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife), ca. 1890-1900, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.137 John Twachtman painted many portraits of his wife and children between 1889 and 1902. These were among the few figural works he made.

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Born #OTD John Henry Twachtman (4 August 1853 – 8 August 1902) was an American painter. Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) | John Henry Twachtman, c. 1900, Platinum print, 15x12 cm., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Archives of American Art, Macbeth Gallery Records, 1947–1948.

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Maria Catharina Wiik | Makaava Kissa, Mosse (Lying Cat, Mosse), early 1870s oil on canvas laid down on board 21 x 26 cm. (8.27 x 10.24 in.) Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

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Born #OTD Maria Catharina Wiik (3 August 1853 – 19 June 1928) was a prominent Finnish painter. She was among the first group of Finnish women artists to pursue formal training abroad, studying in Paris starting in the 1870s. Self-Portrait, s.d., oil on canvas, 48 x 45 cm., private collection

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