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Facts

Also Known As Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel
Born December 8, 1815 • Poland
Died February 9, 1905 (aged 89) • Berlin • Germany

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The Artist's Sister in the Sitting Room, oil on paper by Adolf von Menzel, 1847; in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany.
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
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Chodowiecki, Daniel: The Artist's Study
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Marc Chagall
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Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
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Jacques Villon
French painter
“Still Life,” oil on canvas by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Henri Fantin-Latour
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
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William Blake
William Blake
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Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Henri Matisse stands in a studio wearing a painter's smock, holding a palette beside a wooden ladder, with abstract artwork visible in the background.
Henri Matisse
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Hokusai
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Georges Rouault
French artist
David Hockney
David Hockney
British artist
Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter
Audubon, James John: Blue Jay
Robert Havell, Jr.
American painter
The Supreme Vice, India ink and watercolour by Félicien Rops.
Félicien Rops
Belgian artist
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh
American artist
Pennell, Joseph: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue
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Utamaro: Woman Wiping Sweat
Utamaro
Japanese artist
Wake of the Ferry, oil on canvas by John French Sloan, 1907; in the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
John French Sloan
American artist

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