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Flemish painter Frans Snyders was born on this date in 1579. "Medusa" was a collaboration that Snyders did with Peter Paul Rubens. #art
One of Chile's best-known painters, Roberto Matta, was born on this date in 1911. This is "The Vertigo of Eros". #art
Rest in Peace Leonard Cohen: a poet, romantic wanderer, singer & songwriter. A Canadian original. #LeonardCohen
Louis le Brocquy was an Irish painter born in Dublin this day in 1916. This is his portrait of his good friend Samuel Beckett. #art
English painter William Hogarth was born on this date in 1697. "The Graham Children" is a painting about mortality. @NationalGallery #art
Dutch landscape painter Philips Koninck, a pupil of Rembrandt, was born on this date in 1619. This is "Extensive Landscape." #art
Richard Cosway, a portrait painter who specialized in miniatures, was born on this date in 1742. This is "Unknown Gentleman."#art
Giotto di Bondone broke with Byzantine tradition to become one of the 1st artists of the Italian Renaissance. This is "Lamentation."
Irish-born figurative painter Francis Bacon was born on this date in 1909. This is "Study for Portrait of John Edwards 1989." #art
French Impressionist painter Jean-Louis Forain was born on this date in 1852. This is "Backstage -- Symphony in Blue." #art