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Peter Cannon-Brookes
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BIOGRAPHY

Museum consultant. Keeper, Department of Art, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1978–86. Author of Lombard Paintings; Czech Sculpture, 1800–1938.

Primary Contributions (3)
Oil painting self-portrait by Judith Leyster showing her seated at an easel, smiling at the viewer while holding a paintbrush and palette, with a violinist painting on the canvas beside her.
Western painting, history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present. Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in chalks, inks, pastels, and crayons), has been continuously…
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