Card Players, The

With your eyes alone you can fall into his painted still lifes and card players, the densely packed bathers, the blocky views of Mont Sainte-Victoire.

With the exception of the two card players the beach was deserted; they were alone with the riot of colour and sunlight and the beauty of the sea.

Two important versions of the “Card Players”— the Barnes Foundation’s large one, which never travels, and a smaller canvas from a private collection — are here only in reproduction.

Passing the card players the visitor notices an upright piano, and asks what that is for, and the attendant steer says they are all fond of music, and asks if he would not like to hear some of the cattle play.

Passing the card players the visitor notices an upright piano, and asks what that is for, and the attendant steer says they are all fond of music, and asks if he would not like to near some of the cattle play.