by Russ Ramsey Allow me to introduce you to this special Limited Rabbit Room Edition of Rembrandt is in the Wind. I dedicated this book...

This is a sad story. Hopeful, but full of sorrow. It leaves me with an ache for what could have been, and also with the hope of what I believe will some day come to pass. Impressionist painter Jean Frédéric Bazille (1841 – 1870) was born in Montpelier, France, into a wealthy protestant family who let him study painting so long as he also studied medicine. Bazille lived during the early days of impressionism , a style which took some time to find appreciation in the main stream. Bazille was an...