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Toyin Ojih Odutola is a Nigerian-American contemporary artist known for her multimedia drawings and works on paper. Her unique style of complex mark-making and lavish compositions rethink the category and traditions of portraiture and storytelling.

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2021-02-25

On this day in 1597, Flemish Mannerist painter Frederick van Valckenborch, known for his imaginary landscapes, became a citizen of Frankfurt-on-Main, having moved from the Spanish-occupied Netherlands to seek a more liberal environment.

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2021-02-25

G. F. Watts was in 1817 🥳 Here are some jewels from - a place very close to my heart.
Time Death and Judgement, 1900
Fiesole, Tuscany, 1844-5
Paolo and Francesca, 1872-5
Lady Augusta Holland, c.1844

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2021-02-23

On this day in 1875, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot died in Paris.

A pivotal figure in landscape painting, Corot was a leading artist of the Barbizon School.

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2021-02-23

On this day in 1925, the published its first issue.

The magazine’s first ever cover art – an illustration of dandy ‘Eustace Tilley’ by then-art editor Rea Irvin – has become a recurring mascot for the magazine.

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2021-02-22

Portrait of a Woman (detail), 1950, Charles White⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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https://t.co/9wxb0pI5ox

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2021-02-21

Happy to announce that last year’s covid-postponed talk to the has been rescheduled: join me online at 2pm on Mon 1 March for ‘David Lost Legacy: a master painter and his students': https://t.co/RW3qTuqPXz

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2021-02-20

Pictures We Like: "In The Sun" by Theodore Robinson. See our bio of Robinson https://t.co/iHZh8sZQaj

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2021-02-20

❝There is something special about knowing that your stories can alter the way people see the world, and their place within it.❞

Here is our post on Jerry Pinkney. https://t.co/8QKkUA08xx

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2021-02-19

From 1944 to 1959, this artist was one of the best in comics.

He earned that reputation while carrying the dual weights of being Black and Queer during a violent time for both groups.

This is our post on Matt Baker. https://t.co/2dGo8VYc5S

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2021-02-18

FAMILY # 1, John T. Biggers, 1974

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2021-02-18

Abhishek Singh

you can find more of his work here - https://t.co/gDM9UvAf1F

https://t.co/QzRrh51Fp4

he also writes and posts on instagram - abhiart

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2021-02-18

FAUNE AU CRÉPUSCULE, Palmer Hayden, date unknown

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2021-02-18