I have decided to just upload the whole show with a few choice closeups, and then return to them later with posts on single paintings.
"Give me a dirty puddle!"
Impossible to capture this. I will have to go back and try again. (No arm twisting necessary I can assure you)
Apparently when the artist (Arkhip Kuindzhi) painted this he used Bitumen, and it is considerably darker now than when it was made.