Académie Julian
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Biography: İbrahim Çallı
İbrahim Çallı, born on November 17, 1882, in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey), was a prominent Turkish painter who played a…
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Victorine Meurent, Manet’s Most Scandalous Model (And Why History Erased Her)
What happens when a muse becomes the artist? The story of Victorine Meurent, Édouard Manet’s most famous model, is one of…
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Biography: Arthur Melville
Arthur Melville (1855-1904) stands as a remarkable figure in the panorama of Scottish art, celebrated for his pioneering spirit and exceptional…
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Biography: Francis Weston Benson
Frank Weston Benson, born on March 24, 1862, in Salem, Massachusetts, emerged as one of the most revered American Impressionist painters,…
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Biography: Frederick Childe Hassam
Frederick Childe Hassam, an emblematic figure of American Impressionism, was born on October 17, 1859, in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. His artistic…
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Inspiration: “Mira Bauer,” by Max Kurzweil
Maximilian Franz Viktor Zdenko Marie Kurzweil (12 October 1867, Bisenz – 9 May 1916, Vienna) was an Austrian painter and printmaker. He moved near Vienna in…
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Biography: Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse, a towering figure in 20th-century art, was born on December 31, 1869, in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, a small town in…
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Biography: Adrien Moreau
Adrien Moreau, a French Academic painter born on April 6, 1843, in Troyes, France, distinguished himself as a prominent figure in…
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Biography: Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts, a seminal figure in Australian art history, was born on March 9, 1856, in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Recognized as…
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Biography: Édouard Vuillard
Édouard Vuillard, a prominent French painter and printmaker of the Post-Impressionist era, was born on November 11, 1868, in Cuiseaux, a…
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Inspiration: “Windmill Near River,” by Maurice Cullen
Cullen was born on June 6, 1866, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. In 1870 his family moved to Montreal, Quebec. He traveled to Paris at…
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Inspiration: “Summer Lush,” by Amelie Lundahl
Amélie Lundahl was the youngest of eleven children. Her mother died when she was three months old and her father, Abraham,…
