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“One of the un-constestable masters of our epoch.” “All of us will be forgotten, but…
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Frederick Arthur Bridgman, c. 1900 Bridgman was a born in Tuskegee, Alabama and died in…
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Francois Joseph Heim (French, 1787-1865) Charles X Distributing Awards to Artists Exhibiting at the Salon…
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Note: To protect privacy, the names used in this story have been changed. Peter Paul…
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Via BibliOdyssey is a series of drawings by the Polish painter and illustrator Józef Rapacki.…
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William Dyce (English, 1806-1864) Titian’s First Painting, Oil on canvas. Private Collection. Eating in a…
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Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz. Photograph of the Painter (a. 1910) By the end of his…
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Julien Dupre, French, 1851-1910. The Gleaners (1880). Private Collection. Dupre is one of many artists…
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