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An intended painting of this visual subject was called “this painting that keeps haunting me” in a letter to a friend whom the artist met at Fernand Cormon’s atelier. This subject backgrounds the Belgian painter Eugene Boch, suggesting his lofty aspirations, in a portrait titled The Poet. The presence of gas lamps led an artist to add a “discreet paleness” to this title subject of an 1888 river landscape, as described in a letter to his (*) brother. This subject appears to the right of a yellow awning in a painting titled for a “café terrace.” (10[1]-5[1])Vertical yellow streaks of reflected light feature in a painting of this subject “over the Rhône.” This subject was most notably painted from the window of a Post-Impressionist artist’s Saint-Rémy asylum. For 10 points, a lone cypress tree foregrounds what subject in the masterpiece of Vincent van Gogh? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: the night sky [or starry sky; accept The Starry Night or Starry Night Over the Rhône; accept stars or constellations; prompt on sky] (The friend is Émile Bernard.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sean FarrellFarrellmagnetismArizona State94-5
Anton AkroushMSU A and FriendBoston College9410
Yash Raj Singh ThakurArizona StateFarrellmagnetism14310