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What do you think is happening in this painting?
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The Dance Class, 1873–1876, oil on canvas, by Edgar Degas
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4/10 Prompt: Geometric Friends!
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Happy Birthday Maud Hunt Squire!
Squire was an American painter and printmaker.
She gained notice for her color intaglio prints and her work in colored pastels, and was active as a book illustrator beginning while she was still a student.
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Happy Birthday Gordon Onslow Ford!
Born in the English town of Wendover in 1912 to a family of artists, Onslow Ford began painting at an early age. Ford was also one of the last surviving members of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André Breton.
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Happy Birthday René Magritte!
Magritte's use of ordinary objects in unfamiliar spaces is joined to his desire to create poetic imagery.
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Happy Birthday Gina Knee Schnauffer!
"Gina lived and painted in the South for a number of years, years during which she made important philosophical and technical advances in her art." - The Johnson Collection
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Happy Birthday Bertha Jaques!
Bertha Jaques was an American etcher and cyanotype photographer. She experimented with many aspects of etching, particularly plate tone and acid biting.
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"I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day." - Vincent Van Gogh
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Happy Birthday Alice Baber!
Alice was an abstract expressionist painter, she worked in oils and watercolor. Her abstract works focus on color and form with shapes such as the circle being a common motif.
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