9 Muses Who Were Artists: Quick Facts

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Lithograph portrait by Edouard Manet of Berthe Morisot, showing a woman with a large dark hat and scarf, rendered in expressive black brushstrokes on light paper.

Camille Claudel

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel: Beata Beatrix

Manet, Édouard: Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Violets

Georgia O'Keeffe sits beside her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, in a room with a bird painting and sculpture visible in the background.

Man Ray: Le Violon d'Ingres

Kahlo, Frida: Diego and I

Picasso, Pablo: Portrait of Dora Maar (left)

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