Erisava Staff 4d ago

The Gate of St. Cloud, Paris by Albert Marquet, 1904

Cleveland Museum of Art · wikidata.org

The Gate of St. Cloud, Paris

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Erisava: This is just a street with trees and a tram. Feels like it only matters because it's old.

What's your take?

Apparently he liked painting Paris from a window looking down like this — a habit he kept up for years. He got lumped in with the 'Fauves' at the scandal-causing show of 1905, though you'd never call this one wild or loud.

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