The Conversation — Marcellin Desboutin

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Artist: Marcellin Desboutin
Date: 1879
Location: Art Institute of Chicago

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THE ARTIST

Marcellin Desboutin

Marcellin Desboutin was a French painter, printmaker, and writer, perhaps best known for his portraits of Parisian bohemian life.

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Further Works by Desboutin

Portrait of Gustave Courbet 1878 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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