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Ruthie 2022-09-12 23:26:15

Writing letters to these artists in the early 20th century from different eras, different women, and people with different identities is like a reappearance of the salon where Parisian art godmother Gertrude Stein gathered literary elites from all over the world. The book begins with Paul Cezanne, the father of modern painting, and ends with the Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Each letter is accompanied by a brief reply from the recipient, which makes it more human. Each letter in this book is like an introduction, introducing these artists and his works, and in the letters, I have a dialogue with the artists and put forward my views on these works.

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  • Margot: I'm scraps of sketches of lines... Scraps of a woman you love...

  • Margot: Instead of revisiting memories find what makes her beautiful, sad, suprising here and now