french les oil canvas landscape painting french artist created winter painting depicts large number young old spending leisure time frozen park lake strong dislike cold temperatures snow piece winter landscapes background met landscape painters figure painter art studio swiss artist addition friendship prove influential work years attended des exhibited large painting salon destroyed work year living studio introduced early painting represents memories life friends village inn time soon moved village near forest began working model posed began painting popular middle class day resort floating dance hall late like worked air painting outdoors unlike known painting cold snow fond cold temperatures years later told art dealer stand cold stand cold paint snow face nature unknown symptoms began known suffer onward severely restrict artistic production late life description years old painted public park paris air cold winter month january newspaper accounts time recorded freezing temperatures allowing people walk ice rivers streams dislike cold temperatures winter landscapes completed aside minor studies time painting park relatively new construction beginning public works program led direction napoleon iii renovation paris completed scene thought painted near pour skating lake artificial lake chose park preferred painting crowds painting unfinished sketch like quality style bold composition fully realized scene represents western park elevated perspective theme evokes older dutch ice skating landscapes popular painters like dogs seen work reflecting thematic interest lives motif social leisure depicted piece come define subsequent work work known work titled return imagery years later large painting called morning ride alternatively titled madame rejected salon year piece currently held private art collection lent work exhibition boston previous owners include
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