The Art of Black Muslim Lives.
"[M]y weak health improved under the influence of the good climate and life in the open air", Gérôme remembers, "and I set to work with ardor...." As he stated, Gérôme was struck by blue skies overhead, but, more to the point, the constant light he needed for painting was essential. Perhaps a month...
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