Here are few images to illustrate my original post which re-frames what we call today "remote work" as being the actual normal way to work in the light of human history...
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Painters:
Joseph Garibaldi (1863 - 1941) (paintings 1, 2, 4)
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) (paintings 3, 5)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Garibaldi_%28peintre%29 (not translated in English yet, apparently)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Joseph_Garibaldi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh