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Pietro Brosio Gallery

"The Universal Peace", 1976, oil on canvas 100x70cm.

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2 June 2025

Girl in a Sailor's Blouse

Amedeo Modigliani
"Girl in a Sailor's Blouse" (1918)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

12 March 2025

Windy Day

Jean Béraud
"Windy Day, Place de la Concorde" (1890)

29 January 2025

View of Vétheuil

Claude Monet
"View of Vétheuil" (1880)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

2 January 2025

Christmas in Montmartre

Michel Delacroix
"Christmas in Montmartre"

30 November 2024

Serene mountains

BBC World - Latest News

9 June 2025 - 18:25:59

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7 June 2025 at 23:29

Where have the flowers gone?

Where have all the flowers gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Gone to young girls, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to young men, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the young men gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone to soldiers, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
And where have all the soldiers gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
And where have all the graveyards gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, every one!
When will they ever learn,
oh when will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls picked them, every one.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Pete Seeger, 1956

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