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This lovely picture is from a gentle time. The young nun is knitting while she teaches the children. She holds their attention as she tells of the life of Jesus and how we are his followers. Somehow my imagination can easily transport to this place and feel the peace. It is by Louis Emile Adan (1839 -1937), a French painter at a time when France had most of the world’s great painters. Adan was famous in his day. He exhibited at all the Paris Salons from 1863 until 1937, winning numerous awards, and eventually being on the jury. (source: rehs.com)His many paintings all have a kindness to them. In his early career, they are beautiful in an ordinary sense, often of fashionable young women, but in his later years, he painted mostly rural scenes and domestic scenes, like this one, where there is both beauty and spiritual depth. He has several others we love as much as this one, and Good Lord willing, we will offer them to you someday. ** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! Th