Bret Harte
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Harte was at the forefront of the regionalist trend in American literature, which aimed to capture the distinctive dialects, customs, and terrains of specific regions of the United States. His vivid evocation of the rugged lifestyle of California\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mining camps fascinated readers who had never ventured west. Stories such as \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Luck of Roaring Camp\u00e2\u0080\u009d (1868) and \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Outcasts of Poker Flat\u00e2\u0080\u009d (1869) brought him international fame."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "After relocating to the East Coast in 1871, Harte\u00e2\u0080\u0099s literary career flagged. He eventually settled in London, where he continued to publish tales of gold rush-era California. Writing to his British literary agent in 1893, Harte recalled how the Scottish artist John Pettie had struggled with his \u00e2\u0080\u009cunaccommodating features and evasive expression\u00e2\u0080\u009d while painting this portrait."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Albany, Nueva York"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "El prol\u00c3\u00adfico escritor Bret Harte contribuy\u00c3\u00b3 a la invenci\u00c3\u00b3n del mito literario del \u00e2\u0080\u009csalvaje Oeste\u00e2\u0080\u009d con un animado elenco de apostadores, buscadores de oro y cantineros. Harte estuvo a la vanguardia de la tendencia regionalista en la literature estadounidense, que aspiraba a captar los dialectos, costumbres y terrenos distintivos de regiones espec\u00c3\u00adficas. Sus elocuentes evocaciones de la vida dura en los campamentos mineros de California fascinaron a lectores que nunca hab\u00c3\u00adan llegado al oeste. Historias como \u00e2\u0080\u009cLa suerte de Roaring Camp\u00e2\u0080\u009d (1868) y \u00e2\u0080\u009cLos marginados de Poker Flat\u00e2\u0080\u009d (1869) le ganaron fama mundial."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Tras radicarse en la costa este del pa\u00c3\u00ads en 1871, la carrera de Harte decay\u00c3\u00b3. Luego vivi\u00c3\u00b3 en Londres, donde sigui\u00c3\u00b3 publicando cuentos sobre la fiebre del oro en California. En una carta de 1893 a su agente literario brit\u00c3\u00a1nico, record\u00c3\u00b3 que el artista escoc\u00c3\u00a9s John Pettie hab\u00c3\u00ada pasado dificultades con sus \u00e2\u0080\u009cfacciones poco amables y su expresi\u00c3\u00b3n evasiva\u00e2\u0080\u009d mientras pintaba este retrato."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "\u00e2\u0080\u009cMme. Van de Velde\u00e2\u0080\u009d; (M. 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