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Symbolism by N V Brodskaya p154
Symbolism by N V Brodskaya p154
Carrière’s contemporaries paid him a sincere tribute in 1904 when Auguste Rodin
organised a banquet in his honour.
Throughout his career, his painting, far from restricting itself to portraits and interior
scenes, embraced most pictorial genres, always in response to Symbolist concerns. Suffering Matthijs Maris,
from throat cancer, Carrière underwent surgery that left him paralysed and unable to talk The King’s Children, c. 1890.
during the last year of his life. But he was a man who was well liked by many, and his friends Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 65 cm.
continued to pay him visits, engaging in written conversations with him. Carrière died in Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden.
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