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Flemish artist (later English court painter) Sir Anthony van Dyck died 1641. A style of facial hair is named after him

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2016-12-09

Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin, Russian Impressionist painter, was born 1861. He later worked in Art Nouveau styles

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2016-12-06

Claude-Joseph Vernet died 1789. His paintings are reminiscent of works by Claude Lorrain 100~ yrs earlier

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2016-12-03

Red Room by Nazism branded avant-garde German artists as both enemies of the state and a threat to German culture.

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2016-11-26

After Goya- Hannibal Crossing the Alps. I will never get enough of these studies.

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2016-11-21

spent exile in Switzerland, yet was unable to obtain Swiss citizenship because of German status as degenerate artist.

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2016-11-21

I love this Watts painting of Hope. Sometimes an image expresses something words can't manage

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2016-10-15

Isabel de Parreño y Arce, marquesa de Llano, wears a striking masquerade ensemble in this by Mengs c1771.

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2016-10-13