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Giacomo Balla, born #OnThisDay in 1871, was an #Italian #painter & key proponent of #Futurism. He depicted light, speed, & movement in his works.
📷 Credit: @googlearts, "Espansione dinamica + velocità (Dynamic expansion + speed)" by #GiacomoBalla, 1913.
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Vance A. Larson, born #OnThisDay in 1951, was an #American #AbstractExpressionist #painter. He was a prolific artist, creating over 10,000 works during his career.
📷 Credit: https://t.co/XzsGps50aR, "Blowin Smoke" by #VanceALarson, unknown year.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1848, Viktor Vasnetsov was a #Russian #painter known for his historical & mythological artworks.
📷 Credit: @WikiCommons, "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" by #ViktorVasnetsov, 1887.
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, born #OnThisDay in 1880, was a #German #Expressionist #painter, printmaker, & one of the founders of the art group Die Brücke (The Bridge).
📷 Credit: @WikiCommons, "Street, Berlin" by #ErnstLudwigKirchner, 1913.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1749, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was a #French #portrait #painter & one of the first women to become a member of the Royal Academy.
📷 Credit: @WikiCommons, "Self-Portrait with Two Pupils" by #AdélaïdeLabilleGuiard, 1785.
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, born #OnThisDay in 1732, was a #French #painter & printmaker whose #Rococo works were full of hedonistic & intimate themes. He produced over 550 paintings during his career.
📷 Credit: @WikiCommons, "The Swing" by #JeanHonoréFragonard, 1767.
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Jan Fyt was a #Flemish #painter, etcher, & draughtsman born #OnThisDay in 1611. He was known for his #stilllife paintings, particularly of animals & game from hunting trips.
📷 Credit: @MuseoThyssen, "Vase of Flowers and Two Bunches of Asparagus" by #JanFyt, 1650.
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Born #OnThisDay in 1948, Eric Fischl is an #American #painter, #sculptor, printmaker, draughtsman, & educator known for his depictions of American suburbia set in the 1970-80s.
📷 Credit: wikiart, "The Sheer Weight of History" by #EricFischl, 1982.
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Johan Christian Dahl was a Norwegian #artist born #OnThisDay in 1788. He is considered the first great #Romantic painter in Norway & the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting.
📷 Credit: @WikiCommons, "Larvik by Moonlight" by #JohanChristianDahl, 1839.
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Lucas Achtschellinck was a #Flemish #painter born #OnThisDay in 1626. His body of work is largely unknown due to being unsigned & undocumented.
Photo credit: @metmuseum, "Landscape with Three Trees in the Foreground" by #LucasAchtschellinck, unknown date.
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