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Witnesses to Destruction
On the artist's duty to record and preserve what he has loved
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Andrew Rickard

August 2024

Quiet Evenings With Henri Le Sidaner
The Intimist painter who preferred to work at twilight
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Andrew Rickard
5
I Am Determined to Do My Duty
William Bouguereau's life as a soldier during the Siege of Paris
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Andrew Rickard
Prison and Deportation, #6
A French Bishop in the Dachau Concentration Camp
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Andrew Rickard
5
Invasive and Clumsy Advertising
“The barbarians may have conquered the world, but we should not resign ourselves to it.”
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Andrew Rickard
1

July 2024

Do I Transfer My Feelings to the Tree?
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) on the effect that landscapes have on the mind.
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Andrew Rickard
2
Paul Cézanne’s Prayer
My translation of Henri de Régnier's poem
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Andrew Rickard
2
Pierre Jean Van der Ouderaa and a Plea for Posterity
Émiel van Heurck wrote the artist's obituary, and I have translated it.
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Andrew Rickard
3
William Bouguereau, #05
The painter continues his studies in Italy
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Andrew Rickard
About the Obolus Press and the Blog
I ferry dead authors and artists into English and back into print
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Andrew Rickard
William Bouguereau, #04
More quotes from the young painter's diary — a document that seems to have slipped into obscurity.
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Andrew Rickard

June 2024

William Bouguereau, #03
The painter kept a journal while he was a student in Paris. What became of it?
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Andrew Rickard
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