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39° Celsius might be no big deal in your neck of the woods, but in air-conditionless Vancouver, 39°C is record-breaking woe. Ice and shade, please. What are some famous paintings that capture the feeling of being Too Darn Hot? And how about some that capture what we dream about doing when we’re Too Darn Hot.

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Gustave Courbet. The Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine. 1856

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Józef Chełmoński. Summer, 1875

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Claude Monet. The Beach at Trouville. 1870

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Edouard Manet. On the Beach. 1873

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Georges Seurat. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Latte. ~1884-86

Paul Gauguin. In The Heat of the Day. 1888

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Mary Cassat. Summertime. 1894

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Joaquín Sorolla. Paseo a orillas del mar. 1909

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Heat. Florine Stettheimer. 1919

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William H. Johnson, Children at Ice Cream Stand. ~ 1939-1942

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David Hockney. Bigger Splash. 1967

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Kerry James Marshall. Past Times. 2019. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s