This is François Pelletier, bringing beauty to an ordinary sidewalk in Paris. Now to the question puzzling art bloggers: what image is Pelletier reproducing?
Link (warning auto-sound) -via Colossal
UPDATE 2/19/13: An earlier version of this post misattributed the image to José Horacio Rosales-Cueva, a different artist.
Gorgeous! What a talented artist.
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It makes me think it could be a Mary Cassatt, but I don't recognize it.
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These kinds of artists are called "screevers."
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