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This artist dug a trench into the ground to lower his painting of a man (10[1])and three women in white dresses, the latter all modeled on his wife. Swirls of white and grey surround a face with closed eyes in this artist’s painting of his wife on her deathbed. (10[2])This artist’s (10[1])half-turned wife wears a billowing white dress and holds (10[1])the title object (10[1])alongside her son (10[2])in a (10[1])field (10[1]-5[1])in his (10[2])Woman (10[2])with (-5[1])a (10[2])Parasol. (10[4])This artist (10[2])married his (10[1])patron’s widow (10[2])Alice (10[2])Hoschedé (“ohsh-DAY”) after the (-5[1])death of his muse Camille Doncieux (-5[1])(“kah-MEE dawns-YOO”), whom (10[1])he painted wearing a red kimono. (10[1])Georges (10[2])Clemenceau urged this artist (10[1])to get surgery for his cataracts, (10[5]-5[1])which impacted (10[2])a series (10[2])that (10[1])makes up two (10[1])rooms of the Musée de l’Orangerie (10[1])and includes this artist’s Japanese footbridge. (10[3]-5[1])For (-5[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[2])while in Giverny, (10[1])what artist painted his pond’s water lilies? ■END■ (10[7])

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