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Born April 10, 1877 • Austria-Hungary
Died August 24, 1959 (aged 82) • Austria
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
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
French artist
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
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Hokusai
Japanese artist
David Hockney
David Hockney
British artist
“Fortune Teller,” oil painting by Piazzetta, 1740; in the Accademia, Venice
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Italian painter
Escher, M.C.
M.C. Escher
Dutch artist
Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas
American artist
Rowlandson, Thomas: Comet
Thomas Rowlandson
English painter and caricaturist
“Still Life,” oil on canvas by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Henri Fantin-Latour
French painter
Amman, Jost: The Miner
Jost Amman
Swiss-born painter and printmaker
Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches, illustration by John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeare's works, 1858–60.
Sir John Gilbert
British painter
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian painter and writer
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Egon Schiele
Austrian artist
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Wolf Huber
Austrian artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
William Blake
William Blake
English engraver, artist, and poet
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist

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