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American photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston -- a pioneer in women's photography -- was born on this date in 1864. This is a portrait of "Isadora Duncan's Dance Students." #art #photography
French artist Gustave Doré was a prolific engraver, illustrator, and sculptor who was born on this date in 1832. In his brief life, he produced over 100,000 sketches and his illustrations grace many classic books. This is "Little Red Riding Hood." #art
German expressionist painter Max Pechstein was born on this date in 1881. This is "The Masked Woman." #art
Puerto Rican painter José Campeche was born on this date in 1751. This is "La Natividad." #art @smithsonian
French history painter and teacher Thomas Couture, who taught Édouard Manet and Henri Fantin-Latour, was born on this date in 1815. This is "Romans during the Decadence." #art @MuseeOrsay
British artist Lucian Freud was born on this date in 1922. This is "Reflection with Two Children (Self-Portrait)." #art @museothyssen
"Color Study. Squares with Concentric Circles" by Wassily Kandinsky, born on this date in 1866. #art @Lenbachhaus
One of the true fathers of abstract art -- Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky -- was born on this date in 1866. This is "Untitled (First Abstract Watercolor), 1910." #art@CentrePompidou