Poverty

The Clairvoyant

Gustave Courbet1865

I am literally penniless here, obliged to petition people, almost to beg for my keep, not having a penny to buy canvas and paints . . .

Claude Monet to Georges Charpentier (A Desperate Plea)

Claude Monet1878

The First and Last Communion

Cristóbal Rojas Poleo1888

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