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Biography: John Maler Collier
John Maler Collier (1850–1934) was a prominent British artist known for his distinctive contributions to the Pre-Raphaelite movement and for his…
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Biography: George Romney
George Romney, born on December 15, 1734, in Beckside, Dalton-in-Furness, England, was a leading portrait painter of the 18th-century British art…
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Inspiration: “Sleeping Angel,” by John George Brown
John George Brown was born in Durham, England on November 11, 1831. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass…
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Biography: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) was an English painter whose work is celebrated for its pioneering approach to landscape painting and…
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Biography: John Constable
John Constable, born on June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England, is one of the most celebrated British landscape painters,…
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Inspiration: “A Woodland Nymph,” by Philip Hermogenes Calderon
Calderon was born in Poitiers, France. His father, the Reverend Juan Calderón ( 19 April 1791 in Villafranca de los Caballeros;…
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Biography: Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) was a Dutch-born British painter known for his lavish depictions of classical antiquity, blending meticulous historical research…
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Biography: Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough, one of the leading portrait and landscape painters of 18th-century England, was born on May 14, 1727, in Sudbury,…
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Biography: William Morris
William Morris, born on March 24, 1834, in Walthamstow, England, emerged as a multifaceted force in the 19th-century arts and crafts…
