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Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. He is renowned for his decorative…
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William Shakespeare’s Sonnet VI
Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface, In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill’d: Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place With beauty’s treasure ere it be self-kill’d. That use…
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Inspiration: “Zimowa Dziewczyna,” by Teodor Axentowicz
In 1894, Teodor Axentowicz started collaboration with Wojciech Kossak and Jan Styka during the preparation of the Racławice Panorama, one of the largest panoramic paintings in the history of Polish art. The…
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Biography: Eliseu Visconti
Eliseu Visconti (1866-1944) was a Brazilian painter, considered one of the most significant figures in Brazilian art history. He is known for his contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and his work had…
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Inspiration: “Witches Going to Their Sabbath,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
WITCHES GOING TO THEIR SABBATHLuis Ricardo Falero1851-1896Spanish1878Oil on CanvasDimensions: Height: 145.5 cm (57.2 ″); Width: 118.2 cm (46.5 ″)Private Collection, Monza – Italy Luis Ricardo Falero was born in Granada and originally…
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Inspiration: “Seated Model in The Artist’s Studio”
SEATED MODEL IN THE ARTIST’S STUDIOPaul Gustav Fischer22 July 1860 – 1 May 19341910Danish Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Paul Fischer was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He belonged to the…
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Inspiration: “The Bubble Boy,” by Paul Peel
Paul Peel was born in London, Ontario, and received his art training from his father from a young age. Later he studied under William Lees Judson and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins.…
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Inspiration: “A Woodland Stream,” By Peder Monsted
Mønsted was born at Grenå, Denmark. He was the son of Otto Christian Mønsted and Thora Johanne Petrea Jorgensen. His father was a prosperous ship-builder. At an early age, he began to receive…
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Biography: Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was an American realist painter known for his iconic and often melancholic depictions of American life. Born in Nyack, New York, Hopper developed an interest in art at an…
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William Shakespeare’s Sonnet V
Those hours, that with gentle work did frame The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell, Will play the tyrants to the very same And that unfair which fairly doth excel; For…
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Inspiration: “Rosita Mauri,” by Anders Zorn
Rosita Mauri was the daughter of the Catalan ballet master and choreographer Pedro Rafael Jaime Mauri who, from her childhood, trained her for stardom. She was brought up in Reus, which has…
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Inspiration: “Church in Rabka,” by Aleksander Augustynowicz
Aleksander Augustynowicz was born in Iskrzynia in February 7, to his father Wincenty, a landlord and his mother, Julia from the House of Habecki. He completed his secondary education in Rzeszów, in…