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  • Akseli Gallen-Kallela, aka Axel Gallen

    3rd Apr 2020

    Akseli Gallen-Kallela, aka Axel Gallen

    The Finnish painter, graphic designer and photographer Axel Gallen, who was later known as Akseli Gallen-Kallela, was born in Pori on April 26, 1865. His father died suddenly in 1879 when Axel was att…

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  • Adolph von Menzel

    21st Mar 2020

    Adolph von Menzel

    Adolph von Menzel was a realist painter and graphic artist. He was born in Breslau in Germany on December 8, 1815. At the age of 14 Adolph was working for his father, a former head teacher who in 1…

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  • The Life of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

    21st Mar 2020

    The Life of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

    Born on November 30, 1825, William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French artist and painter responsible for many famous works such as "The Birth of Venus" and "The Goose Girl". These pieces, and the vast ma…

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  • Jean-Honore Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806)

    21st Mar 2020

    Jean-Honore Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806)

    Jean-Honore Fragonard captured the rare exuberance and intelligent curiosities that were the highlights of the French Enlightenment while depicting his paintings, drafts, and prints in a fluid mann…

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  • Niccolo dell'Abate - 1509-1571

    20th Mar 2020

    Niccolo dell'Abate - 1509-1571

    Nicollo dell'Abate was born in 1509 in Modena, Italy. Signore dell'Abate was most well known for his frescos and oil paintings, mostly done in a Mannerist style. Signore dell'Abate was trained under A…

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  • Anne Louis Girodet De Roussy Trioson

    17th Mar 2020

    Anne Louis Girodet De Roussy Trioson

    Romanticism was a powerful cultural force throughout the world. In French art, Romanticism reigned supreme for a large portion of the nineteenth century. Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson was one o…

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  • Andreas Achenbach

    17th Mar 2020

    Andreas Achenbach

    Andreas Achenbach lived a very long and distinguished life as an artist. He was born in 1815 and died in 1910, which was a particularly impressive lifespan for someone born in the nineteenth centur…

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  • Arthur Hacker

    18th Feb 2020

    Arthur Hacker

    Arthur Hacker was born in 1858, so he witnessed quite a few exciting changes in the art world and beyond. He was a British artist, and many newspapers in the United Kingdom continue to publish tribute…

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  • Antoine Coypel II (1521–1599)

    18th Feb 2020

    Antoine Coypel II (1521–1599)

    Antoine Coypel II was a French painter born in 1661. He died in 1722 at the age of sixty-one. Antoine Coypel II was indeed an artist that defied many of the popular stereotypes about the famous artist…

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  • Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609)

    18th Feb 2020

    Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609)

    Annibale Carracci helped develop the Baroque style of painting, which is one of the most important and influential styles of painting in all of art history. He was born in the year 1560 and died in…

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  • William Morris Hunt (1824-1879)

    11th Jan 2020

    William Morris Hunt (1824-1879)

    Unlike many artists whose careers start in impoverished conditions William Morris Hunt came from one of the most eminent families in Vermont. They owned a lot of land there and co-founded the place. H…

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