Talk:Villiers-le-Bel series

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer (talk) 00:27, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

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Geraniums, Hyde Collection

• ... that the Villiers-le-Bel series (painting pictured) was painted at an estate looted during the Franco-Prussian War?
  • Sources:
    • Weinberg, H. Barbara (2004). "Hassam in Paris, 1886–1889". Childe Hassam, American Impressionist. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 75-76. ISBN 9781588391193. OCLC 54500279. Quote: "In the three summers from 1887 through 1889 Hassam and his wife visited Villiers-le-Bel...a house on an estate owned by a daughter of the French painter Thomas Couture. In a June 1888 letter...Hassam recited these details: '...I shall paint in a charming old French garden. That is where Couture lived and painted.'"
    • Boime, Albert (1980). Thomas Couture and the Eclectic Vision. Yale University Press. p. 228. ISBN 9780300021585. OCLC 5612079. Quote: "During the Franco-Prussian War, Couture had one of his most chilling experiences in connection with the Enrollment. For a time the Prussians occupied his home in Villiers-le-Bel and looted and destroyed many of his canvasses; the incident had a disastrous effect on his vitality and morale. While he picked up the pieces somewhat later he never again recovered his earlier drive, already sapped by years of compromise and indecision."
• ALT1: ... that no arrests were ever made in the theft of a Childe Hassam French garden painting?
  • Sources:
    • "Paintings, stolen in 1976, going to NYC auction". WPVI-TV. ABC. April 26, 2012.
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  • Comment: Possible candidate for 14 July Bastille Day SOHA

Created by Viriditas (talk). Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 56 past nominations.

Viriditas (talk) 03:10, 24 June 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 15:45, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

@Vacant0: I've shortened the hooks. Let me know if that is okay. Viriditas (talk) 00:43, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

All are okay to me. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 10:20, 29 June 2026 (UTC)