I have managed to make it through July, but now August lies ahead menacingly. September won’t bring a drop of rain either, only constant sunshine and continued high temperatures. For some relief, I turned to paintings of bathers for a nice splash of cold water. Not often do I envy models, but at the moment I most certainly envy these!

Artists in alphabetical order: Bonnard, Botero, Eugene Boudin, Boughereau, Emanuele Cavalli, Cezanne, Courbet, Edgar Degas, Puvis de Chavannes, Fantin-Latour, Fragonard, Gauguin, William Morris Hunt, Ingres, Manet, Millet, Thomas Moran, Domenico Morelli, Otto Mueller, David Park, Picasso, Pirandello, Pissarro, Prendergast, Potthast, Rembrandt, Renoir, Repin, Rousseau, Sargent, Seurat, Sorolla, Stanislas

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