Little Girl in the Meadow — Henri Lebasque | Zolota Ptakha

Children at play are a constant in Lebasque's work, and this small outdoor study sits at the lighter end of his range — pure sunlight, garden green, and the unhurried childhood scene that nineteenth-century painters returned to like a familiar song. The post-impressionist palette gives the meadow a lifted, almost choral feeling, very far from heavy academic realism. As a card it travels well: a summery note to send across a postcrossing exchange, or a quiet anchor in a wider painting postcard collection.