Turpitudes Sociales
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The following quote is from the Clark Art Institute blog (with thanks). Click on above link for more:
"In December 1889, Pissarro sent a series of drawings to his nieces, Esther and Alice Isaacson, that were intended to educate the two women about the horrors of modern capitalist society. The sheets were bound within a cover designed by Pissarro’s eldest son, Lucien, and entitled Turpitudes sociales—translated roughly as “social disgraces.” The album is unique in Pissarro’s work in its overt expression of his political beliefs. Each drawing depicts a scene of disgrace, hardship, or scandal, and is accompanied by a passage taken from anarchist or literary texts."
Thanks to:
trueoutsider.wordpress.com
The following quote is from the Clark Art Institute blog (with thanks). Click on above link for more:
"In December 1889, Pissarro sent a series of drawings to his nieces, Esther and Alice Isaacson, that were intended to educate the two women about the horrors of modern capitalist society. The sheets were bound within a cover designed by Pissarro’s eldest son, Lucien, and entitled Turpitudes sociales—translated roughly as “social disgraces.” The album is unique in Pissarro’s work in its overt expression of his political beliefs. Each drawing depicts a scene of disgrace, hardship, or scandal, and is accompanied by a passage taken from anarchist or literary texts."
