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Spanish Landscape, (detail), c.1911–1914, oil on canvas by Wyndham J. Tryon (1883–1942), photo credit: Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries

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Photo credit: The National Gallery, London

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Parallèlement, 1900, lithographs in rose ink, wood engravings, and letterpress by Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), photo credit: Public domain

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