ZIEM (Félix). Born in Beaune. 1821-1911. Painter of the Barb - Lot 294

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ZIEM (Félix). Born in Beaune. 1821-1911. Painter of the Barb - Lot 294
ZIEM (Félix). Born in Beaune. 1821-1911. Painter of the Barbizon School, appreciated for his landscapes of Venice and Constantinople. Precursor of Impressionism. L.A.S. "Ziem" to "Mon cher Monsieur" [the journalist Aurélien Scholl]. S.l.n.d. 1 p. in-8. The painter tells him an anecdote: ...Here is the counterpart to your story of the husband who wants to cut the rope holding the captive balloon in which his wife is trapped. A dry-as-a-wool aeronaut was doing his unpacking in Copenhagen, where I was arriving one fine summer Sunday. His very fat Spanish wife collected the entrance fees. The price settled, the aeronaut and I climbed into the gondola and ascended (sic) into space... As a young man, I was moved and admiring, and gave a splendid eulogy of high profession. But he, his eyes fixed on the ground, wept as he said, "See what my condition obliges me to do. I'm leaving my wife, and she's taking advantage of my ascensions (sic) to indulge in many things with the officers...
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