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Born #onthisday1870 Antonio Rubbo Italian-born #artist Inspiring art teacher introduced a generation of Australian #painters to #Modernism via his art school Critic Robert Hughes once said muddy genre portraits of very wrinkled old Tuscan peasants were his strong suit
Born #onthisday1870 John Marin American #Modernist #painter & one of pioneer creators of #abstractart in America Renown for abstract #landscapes & #watercolours Treatment of paint & use of evocative stretches of bare canvas