A Meeting
1884 Musée d'Orsay
About this artwork
An oil on canvas painting depicting a group of young boys gathered against a wooden fence in a street scene. The work is held in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay.
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Marie Bashkirtseva was a Russian diarist and artist who lived in Paris, and she was known for her exceptional talent and fierce intellect before her untimely death at age 25. 'A Meeting' is one of her most famous works, capturing the raw, unposed reality of street life in Paris during the late 19th century. Her diary remains a significant literary work, providing profound insight into the life of a female artist in the 1880s.
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A Meeting
Marie Bashkirtseva, 1884
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